title: Purification and properties of electron-transferring flavoprotein from pig kidney.
abstract: Electron-transferring flavoprotein has been isolated from pig kidney by a simple procedure with a 7-fold higher yield over a previous method using pig liver. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, gel filtration, amino acid analysis, peptide mapping, and measurement of flavin content indicate that pig kidney electron-transferring flavoprotein contains nonidentical subunits (Mr 30 000 and 33 000) with one flavin adenine dinucleotide per dimer. These data contrast with reports that the liver protein is a dimer of identical subunits containing two flavin molecules. Dithionite and ferricyanide titrations indicate that flavin is the only redox-active moiety in pig kidney electron-transferring flavoprotein. Disproportionation of the anionic semiquinone is very slow, requiring about 10 h for half-completion. In contrast to results obtained with the liver protein, pig kidney electron-transferring flavoprotein does not bind crotonyl coenzyme A (crotonyl-CoA) significantly, and the semiquinone form is not reoxidized by crotonyl-CoA directly. These data do not support recent suggestions for a broader role of electron-transferring flavoprotein in beta oxidation.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D044927:Electron-Transferring Flavoproteins; D005420:Flavoproteins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007668:Kidney / Q000032:analysis*; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008722:Methods; D008970:Molecular Weight; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D044927:Electron-Transferring Flavoproteins; D005420:Flavoproteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances