title: Formation of malonyl coenzyme A in rat heart. Identification and purification of an isozyme of A carboxylase from rat heart.
abstract: Acetyl-CoA carboxylase is thought to be absent in the heart since the latter is highly catabolic and nonlipogenic. It has been suggested that the high level of malonyl-CoA that is found in the heart is derived from mitochondrial propionyl-CoA carboxylase, which also uses acetyl-CoA. In the present study, acetyl-CoA carboxylase was identified and purified from homogenates of rat heart. The isolated enzyme had little activity in the absence of citrate (specific activity, less than 0.1 units/mg); however, citrate stimulated its activity (specific activity, 1.8 units/mg in the presence of 10 mM citrate). Avidin inhibited greater than 95% of activity, and addition of biotin reversed this inhibition. Further, malonyl-CoA (1 mM) and palmitoyl-CoA (100 microM) inhibited greater than 90% of carboxylase activity. Similar to acetyl-CoA carboxylase of lipogenic tissues, the heart enzyme could be activated greater than 6-fold by preincubation with liver (acetyl-CoA carboxylase)-phosphatase 2. The activation was accompanied by a decrease in the K0.5 for citrate to 0.68 mM. These observations suggest that the activity in preparations from heart is due to authentic acetyl-CoA carboxylase. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the preparation from heart showed the presence of one major protein band (Mr 280,000) and a minor band (Mr 265,000) while that from liver gave a major protein band (Mr 265,000). A Western blot probed with avidin-peroxidase suggested that both the 280- and 265-kDa species contained biotin. Antibodies to liver acetyl-CoA carboxylase, which inhibited greater than 95% of liver carboxylase activity, inhibited only 35% of heart enzyme activity. In an immunoblot (using antibodies to liver enzyme) the 265-kDa species, and not the major 280-kDa species, in the heart preparation was specifically stained. These observations suggest the presence of two isoenzymes of acetyl-CoA carboxylase that are immunologically distinct, the 265-kDa species being predominant in the liver and the 280-kDa species being predominant in the heart.
authors.affiliation: Verna and Marrs Mclean Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Thampy
mesh_terms: D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008025:Ligases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A; D008025:Ligases; D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase