scholarly journals Detection of peroxisomal fatty acyl-coenzyme A oxidase activity

1979 ◽  
Vol 182 (3) ◽  
pp. 779-788 ◽  
Author(s):  
N C Inestrosa ◽  
M Bronfman ◽  
F Leighton
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Oxidase Activity ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Fatty Acyl ◽  
O2 Consumption ◽  
H2o2 Generation ◽  
Acyl Coa Oxidase ◽  
Acyl Coenzyme A ◽  
Rate Limiting ◽  
Peroxisomal Fatty Acid

It has been postulated that the peroxisomal fatty acid-oxidizing system [Lazarow & de Duve (1976) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 73, 2043–2046; Lazarow (1978) J. Biol. Chem. 253, 1522–1528] resembles that of mitochondria, except for the first oxidative reaction. In this step, O2 would be directly reduced to H2O2 by an oxidase. Two specific procedures developed to detect the activity of the characteristic enzyme fatty acyl-CoA oxidase are presented, namely polarographic detection of palmitoyl-CoA-dependent cyanide-insensitive O2 consumption and palmitoyl-CoA-dependent H2O2 generation coupled to the peroxidation of methanol in an antimycin A-insensitive reaction. Fatty acyl-CoA oxidase activity is stimulated by FAD, which supports the flavoprotein nature postulated for this enzyme. Its activity increases 7-fold per g wet wt. of liver in rats treated with nafenopin, a hypolipidaemic drug. Subcellular fractionation of livers from normal and nafenopin-treated animals provides evidence for its peroxisomal localization. The stoicheiometry for palmitoyl-CoA-dependent O2 consumption, H2O2 generation and NAD+ reduction is 1 : 1 : 1. This suggests that fatty acyl-CoA oxidase is the rate-limiting enzyme of the peroxisomal fatty acid-oxidizing system.

scholarly journals Acyl-CoA synthetase and the peroxisomal enzymes of β-oxidation in human liver. Quantitative analysis of their subcellular localization

1984 ◽  
Vol 224 (3) ◽  
pp. 709-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Bronfman ◽  
N C Inestrosa ◽  
F O Nervi ◽  
F Leighton
Keyword(s):  
Human Liver ◽  
Fatty Acyl ◽  
Single Step ◽  
Synthetase Activity ◽  
Beta Oxidation ◽  
Analysis Of Results ◽  
Fractionation Method ◽  
Hydroxyacyl Coa Dehydrogenase ◽  
Acyl Coa Oxidase ◽  
Rate Limiting

The presence of acyl-CoA synthetase (EC 6.2.1.3) in peroxisomes and the subcellular distribution of beta-oxidation enzymes in human liver were investigated by using a single-step fractionation method of whole liver homogenates in metrizamide continuous density gradients and a novel procedure of computer analysis of results. Peroxisomes were found to contain 16% of the liver palmitoyl-CoA synthetase activity, and 21% and 60% of the enzyme activity was localized in mitochondria and microsomal fractions respectively. Fatty acyl-CoA oxidase was localized exclusively in peroxisomes, confirming previous results. Human liver peroxisomes were found to contribute 13%, 17% and 11% of the liver activities of crotonase, beta-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase and thiolase respectively. The absolute activities found in peroxisomes for the enzymes investigated suggest that in human liver fatty acyl-CoA oxidase is the rate-limiting enzyme of the peroxisomal beta-oxidation pathway, when palmitic acid is the substrate.

Fatty acid uptake in Escherichia coli: regulation by recruitment of fatty acyl-CoA synthetase to the plasma membrane

1993 ◽  
Vol 71 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 51-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dev Mangroo ◽  
Gerhard E. Gerber
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Fatty Acid Uptake ◽  
Fatty Acyl ◽  
Acid Uptake ◽  
Bacterial Membranes ◽  
Rate Limiting Step ◽  
Triton X ◽  
Rate Limiting

Fatty acid uptake in Escherichia coli has been shown to be inhibited by starvation and to be reversed by a short preincubation of the starved cells with D- or L-lactate, succinate, and acetate; these effects on oleate uptake were due to regulation of the rate-limiting step which involves fatty acyl-CoA synthetase. Investigation into the mechanism of regulation of fatty acyl-CoA synthetase showed that D-lactate did not affect the activity of the enzyme directly. Fatty acyl-CoA synthetase was found to be activated by about 20-fold by Triton X-100 and by another 4-fold by the addition of bacterial membranes. D-Lactate treatment was shown to result in coisolation of fatty acyl-CoA synthetase with the plasma membrane; these results are consistent with the interpretation that recruitment of the enzyme to the plasma membrane by D-lactate results in its activation and consequently in the increased level of fatty acid uptake.Key words: fatty acid, uptake, regulation, recruitment, fatty acyl-CoA synthetase, Escherichia coli, plasma membrane.

scholarly journals The enzymology of short-chain fatty acyl-coenzyme A synthetase from seeds of Pinus radiata. Kinetic studies and a proposed reaction mechanism

1974 ◽  
Vol 137 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Owen A. Young ◽  
John W. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Pinus Radiata ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Competitive Inhibitor ◽  
Fatty Acyl ◽  
Short Chain ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Acyl Coenzyme A

1. Short-chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase from seeds of Pinus radiata was examined by acetate- and propionate-dependent PPi–ATP exchange. Reaction mixtures came to equilibrium almost instantly as judged by rates of exchange and analysis of an incubation mixture. 2. The activity of the enzyme was correlated with the concentration of MgP2O72- but not with the concentration of Mg2+, as judged by PPi–ATP exchange and fatty acyl AMP-dependent synthesis of ATP in the presence of PPi. In PPi–ATP exchange assays, no clear relationship between activity and any single species of ATP was apparent. 3. High concentrations of fatty acid inhibited PPi–ATP exchange. PPi–dATP exchange was less than PPi–ATP exchange at low concentrations of fatty acid, but at higher concentrations PPi–dATP exchange exceeded PPi–ATP exchange. The rate of synthesis of fatty acyl-CoA in the presence of dATP was less than with ATP. 4. ATP and propionate inhibited the synthesis of ATP from propionyl-AMP and PPi. The inhibition by ATP was competitive with respect to propionyl-AMP and non-competitive with respect to PPi. The inhibition by propionate was non-competitive with respect to propionyl-AMP and PPi. 5. AMP was a competitive inhibitor of propionyl-AMP-dependent synthesis of ATP and competitively inhibited propionate-dependent PPi–ATP exchange when ATP was the variable substrate. 6. It was concluded that the first partial reaction catalysed by the enzyme is ordered; ATP is the first substrate to react with the enzyme and PPi is probably the only product released.

Peroxisomal fatty acid β-oxidation in human skin fibroblasts: X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, a peroxisomal very long chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetase deficiency?

1987 ◽  
Vol 10 (S2) ◽  
pp. 220-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. A. Wanders ◽  
C. W. T. Van Roermund ◽  
M. J. A. Van Wijland ◽  
J. Heikoop ◽  
A. Van den Put ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Human Skin ◽  
Fatty Acyl ◽  
Skin Fibroblasts ◽  
Human Skin Fibroblasts ◽  
Synthetase Deficiency ◽  
Long Chain ◽  
Peroxisomal Fatty Acid
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