title: Mitochondrial acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase in various organs from rat: form patterns and coenzyme-A-mediated modification.
abstract: The mitochondrial acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase (acetyl-CoA:acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase, EC 2.3.1.9), which is involved in the biosynthesis or degradation of ketone bodies, was directly demonstrated in organ extracts applying a two-step chromatography-immunoelectrophoresis method. In liver, the enzyme can be shown in at least three forms: in an unmodified state, designated as AAT, and in the CoASH-modified forms A1 and A2, in amounts of 51.5 +/- 5.0%, 39.4 +/- 4.8% and 9.1 +/- 2.7% (areas of immunoprecipitation), respectively. This pattern, which could not be altered by a treatment with glutathione, resembles that of mitochondrial acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase in extrahepatic tissues. However, the proportion of the unmodified enzyme (AAT) is lower as compared to those in other tissues such as brain (81.5 +/- 4.4%). CoASH-modification and transformation into modified forms, which equal naturally occurring forms, can be demonstrated in vitro with acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase from both liver and brain. Thus CoASH-modification of mitochondrial acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase seems to be a process of general importance.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huth
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alves
mesh_terms: D000101:Acetyl-CoA C-Acetyltransferase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D002845:Chromatography; D003065:Coenzyme A / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000494:pharmacology; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007657:Ketone Bodies / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology*; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000201:enzymology; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D007657:Ketone Bodies; D000123:Acetyltransferases; D000101:Acetyl-CoA C-Acetyltransferase; D005978:Glutathione; D003065:Coenzyme A