title: Expression of two succinyl-CoA synthetases with different nucleotide specificities in mammalian tissues.
abstract: For nearly 50 years, succinyl-CoA synthetase in animals was thought to be specific for guanine nucleotides. Recently, we purified and characterized both an ADP-forming succinyl-CoA synthetase from pigeon breast muscle and the GDP-forming enzyme from liver (Johnson, J. D., Muhonen, W. W., and Lambeth, D. O. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 27573-27579). Using the sequences of the pigeon enzymes as queries in BLAST searches, we obtained genetic evidence that both enzymes are expressed in a wide range of animal species (Johnson, J. D., Mehus, J. G., Tews, K., Milavetz, B. I., and Lambeth, D. O. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 27580-27586). Here we extend those observations by presenting data from Western and Northern blots and enzymatic assays showing that both proteins are widely expressed in mammals with the relative amounts varying from tissue to tissue. We suggest that both succinyl-CoA synthetases catalyze the reverse reaction in the citric acid cycle in which the ADP-forming enzyme augments ATP production, whereas the GDP-forming enzyme supports GTP-dependent anabolic processes. Widely accepted shuttle mechanisms are invoked to explain how transport of P-enolpyruvate across mitochondrial membranes can transfer high energy phosphate between the cytosol and mitochondrial matrix.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA. dlambeth@medicine.nodak.edu
authors.forename: David O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Lambeth
authors.forename: Kristin N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Tews
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adkins
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frohlich
authors.forename: Barry I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Milavetz
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001940:Breast / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D010856:Columbidae; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000494:pharmacology; D019992:Databases as Topic; D005260:Female; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013389:Succinate-CoA Ligases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D013389:Succinate-CoA Ligases