A MEMBRANE-ASSOCIATED DIMER OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE FROM XENOPUS SKELETAL-MUSCLE IS SOLUBILIZED BY PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-SPECIFIC PHOSPHOLIPASE-C
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1988
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The susceptibility to phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C of the membrane associated acetylcholinesterase (AChE) forms of Xenopus laevis skeletal muscle was examined. This treatment released almost all the detergent-soluble AChE species from muscle homogenates. Sucrose gradient analysis showed that the released acetylcholinesterase form corresponds to a hydrophilic G2 dimer, indicating that this dimer has a glycolipid anchoring domain which contains phosphatidylinositol.