title: Evidence that rat liver pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase activator protein is a pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase.
abstract: It is shown here that rat liver pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) kinase activator protein (KAP) catalyses ATP-dependent inactivation and [32P]phosphorylation of pig heart PDHE1 and of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) PDH complex devoid of PDH kinase activity, that fluorosulphonylbenzoyladenosine inactivates rat liver KAP and the intrinsic PDH kinase of rat liver PDH complex, and that KAP, like PDH kinase, is inactivated by thiol-reactive reagents. It is concluded that KAP is a free PDH kinase.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Clinical Biochemistry, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, U.K.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Mistry
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Priestman
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Kerbey
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Randle
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000266:Adenylyl Imidodiphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000081382:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Acetyl-Transferring Kinase; D011768:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D013217:Starvation / Q000201:enzymology; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D000081382:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Acetyl-Transferring Kinase; D011768:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents; D000266:Adenylyl Imidodiphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases