Abstract
[3H]Myristoyl-labeled variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) has been isolated from Trypanosoma brucei by reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography and used as substrate for the conversion by trypanosomal enzymes of membrane-form VSG to soluble VSG. Conversion is detected by the release of myristoyl-containing lipids. The major lipolytic enzyme of T. brucei, phospholipase A1, is effective for the hydrolysis of myristoyl esters of p-nitrophenol, in a colorimetric assay. However, the phospholipase is unable to cleave the myristoyl ester linkage of VSG. The phospholipase can be separated from the myristoyl-releasing activity of trypanosome homogenate by centrifugation, affinity chromatography, and anion-exchange chromatography. Elution profiles on anion-exchange high performance liquid chromatography also indicate that the phospholipase is inactive against VSG. A small amount of myristoyl-releasing activity associated with the purified phospholipase is probably due to contamination with a phosphodiesterase which releases myristoyl-containing diglyceride from VSG.
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