1–50-μl samples were incubated with 1 mM LPC (from egg) in the presence of 100 mM Tris-HCl, pH 9.0, 500 mM NaCl, 5 mM MgCl2, and 0.05% Triton X-100 for 1 h at 37°C. The liberated choline was detected by an enzymatic photometric method using choline oxidase (Asahi Chemical), horseradish peroxidase (Toyobo), and TOOS reagent (N-ethyl-N-(2-hydoroxy-3-sulfoproryl)-3-methylaniline; Dojindo Molecular Technologies, Inc.) as a hydrogen donor (Imamura and Horiuti, 1978 (link); Tamaoku et al., 1982 ).