Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 26, 629-633, Copyright © 1985 by Lipid Research, Inc.
Semi-synthetic approach for the preparation of homogeneous plasmenylethanolamine utilizing phospholipase D from Streptomyces chromofuscus
RA Wolf and RW Gross
A simple method for the preparation of homogeneous molecular species of
plasmenylcholine and plasmenylethanolamine was developed. The method
utilized reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography to isolate
homogeneous molecular species of plasmenylcholine prepared by acylation of
lysoplasmenylcholine. Plasmenylcholine was directly converted to
plasmenylethanolamine by transphosphatidylation utilizing phospholipase D
from Streptomyces chromofuscus. This method permits the facile labeling of
homogeneous molecular species of plasmalogens in the polar head group, the
sn-2 acyl chain, or both, for the first time.