The activity of bacterial phospholipase D (PLD), a Ca 2؉ -dependent enzyme, toward phosphatidylcholine bilayers was enhanced 7-fold by incorporation of 10 mol % phosphatidic acid (PA) in the vesicle bilayer. Addition of other negatively charged lipids such as phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylmethanol, and oleic acid either inhibited or had no effect on enzyme activity. Only negatively charged lipids with a free phosphate group, phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and lyso-PA, had the same effect as PA on enzyme activity. Changes in vesicle curvature and fusion were not the reason for PA activation; rather, a metal ion-induced lateral segregation of PA in the vesicle bilayer correlated with PLD activation. Significant PA activation was also observed with monomer phosphatidylcholine substrate upon the addition of PA vesicles. The PA activation was caused by Ca 2؉ ⅐PA interacting with PLD at an allosteric site other than active site.
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