Utilization of volatile fatty acids in ruminants. VI. Purification of acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase from mitochondria of lactating goat mammary gland

1975 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 561-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Cook ◽  
Sheri. Simon ◽  
Catherine A. Ricks
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Mammary Gland ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Coenzyme A ◽  
Acetyl Coenzyme A ◽  
Acetyl Coenzyme

scholarly journals Role of Carnitine Acetyltransferases in Acetyl Coenzyme A Metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Hynes ◽  
Sandra L. Murray ◽  
Alex Andrianopoulos ◽  
Meryl A. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Aspergillus Nidulans ◽  
Intracellular Transport ◽  
Coenzyme A ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle ◽  
Essential Feature ◽  
Malate Synthase ◽  
Acetyl Coa ◽  
Acetyl Coenzyme A ◽  
Acetyl Coenzyme

ABSTRACTThe flow of carbon metabolites between cellular compartments is an essential feature of fungal metabolism. During growth on ethanol, acetate, or fatty acids, acetyl units must enter the mitochondrion for metabolism via the tricarboxylic acid cycle, and acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) in the cytoplasm is essential for the biosynthetic reactions and for protein acetylation. Acetyl-CoA is produced in the cytoplasm by acetyl-CoA synthetase during growth on acetate and ethanol while β-oxidation of fatty acids generates acetyl-CoA in peroxisomes. The acetyl-carnitine shuttle in which acetyl-CoA is reversibly converted to acetyl-carnitine by carnitine acetyltransferase (CAT) enzymes is important for intracellular transport of acetyl units. In the filamentous ascomyceteAspergillus nidulans, a cytoplasmic CAT, encoded byfacC, is essential for growth on sources of cytoplasmic acetyl-CoA while a second CAT, encoded by theacuJgene, is essential for growth on fatty acids as well as acetate. We have shown that AcuJ contains an N-terminal mitochondrial targeting sequence and a C-terminal peroxisomal targeting sequence (PTS) and is localized to both peroxisomes and mitochondria, independent of the carbon source. Mislocalization of AcuJ to the cytoplasm does not result in loss of growth on acetate but prevents growth on fatty acids. Therefore, while mitochondrial AcuJ is essential for the transfer of acetyl units to mitochondria, peroxisomal localization is required only for transfer from peroxisomes to mitochondria. Peroxisomal AcuJ was not required for the import of acetyl-CoA into peroxisomes for conversion to malate by malate synthase (MLS), and export of acetyl-CoA from peroxisomes to the cytoplasm was found to be independent of FacC when MLS was mislocalized to the cytoplasm.

scholarly journals Role of Acetyl Coenzyme A Synthesis and Breakdown in Alternative Carbon Source Utilization in Candida albicans

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 1733-1741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron J. Carman ◽  
Slavena Vylkova ◽  
Michael C. Lorenz
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Candida Albicans ◽  
Coenzyme A ◽  
Glyoxylate Cycle ◽  
Functional Divergence ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Growth Defect ◽  
Acetyl Coa ◽  
Acetyl Coenzyme A ◽  
Acetyl Coenzyme

ABSTRACT Acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) is the central intermediate of the pathways required to metabolize nonfermentable carbon sources. Three such pathways, i.e., gluconeogenesis, the glyoxylate cycle, and β-oxidation, are required for full virulence in the fungal pathogen Candida albicans. These processes are compartmentalized in the cytosol, mitochondria, and peroxosomes, necessitating transport of intermediates across intracellular membranes. Acetyl-CoA is trafficked in the form of acetate by the carnitine shuttle, and we hypothesized that the enzymes that convert acetyl-CoA to/from acetate, i.e., acetyl-CoA hydrolase (ACH1) and acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACS1 and ACS2), would regulate alternative carbon utilization and virulence. We show that C. albicans strains depleted for ACS2 are unviable in the presence of most carbon sources, including glucose, acetate, and ethanol; these strains metabolize only fatty acids and glycerol, a substantially more severe phenotype than that of Saccharomyces cerevisiae acs2 mutants. In contrast, deletion of ACS1 confers no phenotype, though it is highly induced in the presence of fatty acids, perhaps explaining why acs2 mutants can utilize fatty acids. Strains lacking ACH1 have a mild growth defect on some carbon sources but are fully virulent in a mouse model of disseminated candidiasis. Both ACH1 and ACS2 complement mutations in their S. cerevisiae homolog. Together, these results show that acetyl-CoA metabolism and transport are critical for growth of C. albicans on a wide variety of nutrients. Furthermore, the phenotypic differences between mutations in these highly conserved genes in S. cerevisiae and C. albicans support recent findings that significant functional divergence exists even in fundamental metabolic pathways between these related yeasts.

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