University of Arkansas

Didier Portilla

Sudhir V Shah

The present invention provides a substantially pure phopholipase A.sub.2 protein isolated and purified from rabbit kidney cortex, having a molecular weight of 28 kDa as determined by SDS-PAGE, is calcium independent, is cytosolic, has a specific activity of approximately 1.2 .mu.mol/mg protein/minute and a pH optimum of approximately 7.5 and exhibits a preferential hydrolysis toward sn-2 fatty acid from diradylglycerophospholipids. Also provided are a first monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to the protein of claim 1 various methods of using, inhibiting or measuring said protein.

Calcium-independent phospholipase A.sub.2

The present invention provides a substantially pure phopholipase A.sub.2 protein isolated and purified from rabbit kidney cortex, having a molecular weight of 28 kDa as determined by SDS-PAGE, is calcium independent, is cytosolic, has a specific activity of approximately 1.2 .mu.mol/mg protein/minute and a pH optimum of approximately 7.5 and exhibits a preferential hydrolysis toward sn-2 fatty acid from diradylglycerophospholipids. Also provided are various methods of using, inhibiting or measuring.

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