title: Turnover and transformation of mitochondrial acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase into CoA-modified forms.
abstract: Rat liver mitochondrial acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase (acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase, EC 2.3.1.9) exists additionally in the CoA-modified forms A1 and A2. After a pulse of radioactivity using [35S]methionine in hepatocytes, the highest radioactivity was obtained in the unmodified enzyme. Over the chase time, the radioactivity in the unmodified enzyme decreased, but simultaneously increased in both CoA-modified forms, thus proving that the fully active unmodified enzyme exists before the partially active modified forms A1 and A2. Also, the specific radioactivity (ratio % radioactivity/% immunoreactive area) of A1 > A2 demonstrates a sequential CoA modification of form A1 to form A2. Acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase was degraded with an apparent half-life of 38.0 h: the modified forms A1 and A2 have half-lives of 24.5 and 7.2 h. The physiological meaning of the CoA modification of acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase is not yet understood.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellbiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schwerdt
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huth
mesh_terms: D000101:Acetyl-CoA C-Acetyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003065:Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008715:Methionine / Q000378:metabolism; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; D008715:Methionine; D000101:Acetyl-CoA C-Acetyltransferase; D003065:Coenzyme A