The kinetic behaviour of phospholipase D (PLD) from cabbage has been studied in the presence of several substrate-like compounds such as hexadecylphosphocholine (HPC) and 1,3-didodecanoylglycero-2-phosphatides. 1,3-Didodecanoyl- glycero-2-phosphocholine (1,3-DiC12PC) was found being not cleft by