Substrate requirements of phospholipase D from Streptomyces netropsis in the transphosphatidylation synthesis of phospolipids

The effect of the structure of the phospholipid substrate on the yield of phosphatidyl-5′-thymidine by transphosphatidylation catalyzed by phospholipase D from Streptomyces netropsis was studied. The reaction and product yield depended on the structures of the polar and nonpolar parts, the hydrophobic-hydrophilic balance, and the degree of unsaturation of the fatty-acids in the phospholipid substrate.