| Aspects of long-chain acyl-COA metabolism. | |
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PMID: 1134497 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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1. Long-chain acid: CoA ligase (AMP-forming) (trivial name acyl-CoA synthetase; EC 6.2.1.3) is located at the membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum and the outer membrane of the mitochondria. The latter membrane has by far the highest specific activity. 2. GTP-dependent synthesis of acyl-CoA has a very low activity in liver mitochondria (about 5% of the activity measured with ATP). CTP, ITP, UTP and GTP may all provide energy for fatty acid activation in sonicated mitochondria by formation of ATP from endogenous ADP and AMP. 3. In rat liver palmitoyl-CoA: L-carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase (trivial name carnitine palmitoyltransferase; EC 2.3.1.21) is located at the microsomal membranes and in the inner membrane of the mitochondria. Its activity is increased, in both membranes, during fasting and in thyroxine-treated rats. The extramitochondrial carnitine palmitoyltransferase may capture part of the acyl CoA formed at the endoplasmic reticulum as acyl-carnitine, especially during fasting and other metabolic conditions of high fatty acid turnover. This transport form of activated fatty acid can penetrate the inner mitochondrial membrane (the acyl-CoA barrier) where it can be reconverted to acyl-CoA, providing the substrate for beta-oxidation in the inner membrane-matrix compartment. The small part of the mitochondrial carnitine palmitoyltransferase, described to be present at the external surface of the mitochondrial inner membrane, may have the same function in the transport of acyl-CoA formed at the mitochondrial outer membrane. 4. Isolated rat liver mitochondria can oxidize high concentrations of palmitate or oleate in the absence of carnitine. In this case the fatty acids are activated in the inner membrane-matrix compartment of the mitochondria, probably by a medium-chain acyl-CoA synthetase with wide substrate specificity. Because this enzyme is less active in heart and absent in skeletal muscle, these tissues oxidize long-chain fatty acids in an obligatory carnitine-dependent fashion. Also the liver oxidizes long-chain fatty acids in a carnitine-dependent way if lower fatty acid concentrations are used. In this tissue carnitine stimulates specifically the partial oxidation of fatty acids to beta-hydroxybutyrate and acetoacetate. 5. The activities of acyl-CoA: sn-glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase (trivial name glycerophosphate acyltransferase; EC 2.3.1.15) and carnitine palmitoyltransferase change in opposite directions during fasting. These activity changes, together with the measured kinetic properties of the enzymes in mitochondria and microsomes, allow a switch (relatively) from lipid synthesis to ketogenesis during fasting. This switch may occur at the level of long-chain acyl-CoA both in the endoplasmic reticulum and in the mitochondria. |
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V A Tol |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Molecular and cellular biochemistry Volume: 7 ISSN: 0300-8177 ISO Abbreviation: Mol. Cell. Biochem. Publication Date: 1975 Apr |
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Created Date: 1975-08-26 Completed Date: 1975-08-26 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0364456 Medline TA: Mol Cell Biochem Country: NETHERLANDS |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 19-31 Citation Subset: IM |
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Acyltransferases
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metabolism* Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism Animals Carnitine / pharmacology Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase / metabolism* Coenzyme A / metabolism* Coenzyme A Ligases / metabolism* Fasting Fatty Acids / metabolism* Glycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase / metabolism Guanosine Triphosphate / metabolism Male Membranes / enzymology Microsomes / enzymology Mitochondria, Liver / drug effects, enzymology Rats Thyroxine / pharmacology |
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0/Fatty Acids; 541-15-1/Carnitine; 56-65-5/Adenosine Triphosphate; 7488-70-2/Thyroxine; 85-61-0/Coenzyme A; 86-01-1/Guanosine Triphosphate; EC 2.3.-/Acyltransferases; EC 2.3.1.15/Glycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase; EC 2.3.1.21/Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase; EC 6.2.1.-/Coenzyme A Ligases |
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