title: Restoration of the properties of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I in liver mitochondria during re-feeding of starved rats.
abstract: The recovery of the parameters of the kinetic properties of carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) I in liver mitochondria of starved rats was studied after re-feeding animals for various periods of time. There were no significant changes either in the activity of the enzyme at high palmitoyl-CoA concentrations or in the affinity of the enzyme for palmitoyl-CoA, or in the sensitivity of CPT I to malonyl-CoA inhibition after 3 h or 6 h re-feeding. After 24 h re-feeding, both the affinity of the enzyme for palmitoyl-CoA and the activity of the enzyme were still not significantly different from those for the enzyme in mitochondria from 24 h-starved animals. By contrast, the sensitivity of CPT I to malonyl-CoA inhibition was largely, but not fully, restored to that observed in mitochondria from fed rats.
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D010171:Palmitoyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013217:Starvation / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D010171:Palmitoyl Coenzyme A; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A; D000217:Acyltransferases; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase