title: Partial complementation of pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency by independently expressed lipoyl and catalytic domains of the dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase component.
abstract: Two compatible plasmids encoding a hybrid lipoyl domain and a defective pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex which lacks lipoyl domains, were co-expressed in a strain of Escherichia coli deleted for the PDH complex genes. In vivo complementation between the mutant complexes and the independent lipoyl domains was observed using growth tests in liquid and solid media. However, no PDH complex activity could be detected in the corresponding cell-free extracts. This suggests that untethered lipoyl domains can interact productively with the three types of active site in the multienzyme complex, but this association is disrupted in cell-free extracts.
authors.affiliation: Krebs Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, U.K.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Guest
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D051047:Dihydrolipoyllysine-Residue Acetyltransferase; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D009154:Mutation; D010957:Plasmids; D011768:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011768:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex; D000123:Acetyltransferases; D051047:Dihydrolipoyllysine-Residue Acetyltransferase