title: Activation of hepatic acetyl-CoA carboxylase by glutamate and Mg2+ is mediated by protein phosphatase-2A.
abstract: The activation of hepatic acetyl-CoA carboxylase by Na(+)-cotransported amino acids such as glutamine has been attributed mainly to the stimulation of its dephosphorylation by accumulating dicarboxylic acids, e.g. glutamate. We report here on a hepatic species of protein phosphatase-2A that activates acetyl-CoA carboxylase in the presence of physiological concentrations of glutamate or Mg2+ and, under these conditions, accounts for virtually all the hepatic acetyl-CoA carboxylase phosphatase activity. Glutamate also stimulated the dephosphorylation of a synthetic pentadecapeptide encompassing the Ser-79 phosphorylation site of rat acetyl-CoA carboxylase, but did not affect the dephosphorylation of other substrates such as phosphorylase. Conversely, protamine, which stimulated the dephosphorylation of phosphorylase, inhibited the activation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase. A comparison with various species of muscle protein phosphatase-2A showed that the stimulatory effects of glutamate and Mg2+ on the acetyl-CoA carboxylase phosphatase activity are largely mediated by the regulatory A subunit. Glutamate and Mg2+ emerge from our study as novel regulators of protein phosphatase-2A when acting on acetyl-CoA carboxylase.
authors.affiliation: Hormone and Metabolic Research Unit, University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gaussin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hue
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stalmans
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bollen
mesh_terms: D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005260:Female; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000378:metabolism; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012694:Serine; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D012694:Serine; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D054648:Protein Phosphatase 2; D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase; D008274:Magnesium