title: Facile and restricted pathways for the dissociation of octenoyl-CoA from the medium-chain fatty acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD)-FADH2-octenoyl-CoA charge-transfer complex: energetics and mechanism of suppression of the enzyme's oxidase activity.
abstract: In a previous paper, we demonstrated that the reductive half-reaction of medium-chain fatty acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD), utilizing octanoyl-CoA as physiological substrate, generates two (kinetically distinct) forms of the reduced enzyme (MCAD-FADH2) - octenoyl-CoA charge-transfer complexes [Kumar, N.R., & Srivastava, D.K. (1994) Biochemistry 33, 8833-8841]. We present evidence that octenoyl-CoA dissociates from the second (most stable) charge-transfer complex (referred to as CT2) via two alternative ("facile" and "restricted") pathways. The dissociation of octenoyl-CoA via the facile pathway involves the reversal of the overall reductive half-reaction of the enzyme, generating MCAD-FAD - octanoyl-CoA as the Michaelis complex, followed by dissociation of the latter complex into MCAD-FAD + octanoyl-CoA. Hence, via this pathway, octenoyl-CoA is released from the enzyme site in the form of octanoyl-CoA. In contrast, the restricted pathway involves a direct (albeit slow) dissociation of octenoyl-CoA from CT2 to yield MCAD-FADH2 + octenoyl-CoA. The kinetic profile for the dissociation of octenoyl-CoA via the restricted pathway matches the rate of oxidation of the reduced flavin (within CT2) by O2. This suggests that the oxidase activity of the enzyme remains suppressed as long as the reduced enzyme predominates in the form of the charge-transfer complex(es). The oxidase activity of the enzyme emerges concomitantly with the conversion of CT2 to the MCAD-FADH2 - octenoyl-CoA Michaelis complex. The energetic basis for the dissociation of octenoyl-CoA via the facile and restricted pathways and the mechanism of suppression of the oxidase activity of the enzyme are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo 58105, USA.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D042964:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase; D044944:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011485:Protein Binding; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; C094936:octenoyl-coenzyme A; D005182:Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide; D044944:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases; D042964:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase