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Query: EC:1.3.99.3 (
acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
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The activities of hepatic enzymes involved in fatty acid synthesis and oxidation were compared in rats fed diets containing different proportions of dried powder of the brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida (wakame). Rats were fed diets containing 0, 0.5, 1.0, 2. 0, 5.0 and 10 g/100 g of dried wakame powder. Experimental diets were adjusted to provide consistent amounts of most nutrients, but mineral concentrations were not standardized. After the 21-d feeding period, serum and liver triacylglycerol levels in rats fed diets in which wakame constituted at least 2% were significantly lower than those in rats fed the control diet. The activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase was significantly lower in rats fed the 5 and 10% wakame diets than in rats fed the control diet. In contrast, 10% wakame diet increased activities of enzymes involved in the beta-oxidation pathway including hepatic carnitine palmitoyltransferase,
acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
, acyl-CoA oxidase,
enoyl-CoA hydratase
and 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase. Some differences were detected in rats fed 5% wakame as well. These results suggest that alterations of the activities of enzymes involved in fatty acid metabolism in the liver are responsible for the serum triacylglycerol-lowering effect of dietary wakame. Thus, wakame may be useful as a food to prevent hyperlipidemia.
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PMID:Hepatic fatty acid oxidation enzyme activities are stimulated in rats fed the brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida (wakame). 991 91
A 4.8-kilobase (kb) repetitive sequence element generated with KpnI digestion was cloned from the Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae strain Ictero No. 1. The sequence, repeated in tandem, was located on the 280-kb fragment between the FseI and AscI sites on the chromosome by hybridization using the 4.8-kb fragment as a probe. We cloned the fragment containing the element for the Ictero No. 1 strain in a lambda EMBL3 bacteriophage DNA, and one out of 5 clones was sequenced. Within the sequenced 9-kb segment that partially repeated, 9 putative open-reading frames and 2 transfer RNA genes, for alanine and isoleucine, were identified. A similarity search for the products deduced from the sequenced data revealed that the repeated sequence includes both beta-oxidation enzymes,
acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
and
enoyl-CoA hydratase
, and hydroxythiazole kinase protein homologues. Hybridization experiments against different leptospiral strains using the element as a probe showed a similar sequence in the strains of L. interrogans and L. kirschneri, but not in any strains of L. borgpetersenii, L. weillii, L. meyeri or L. biflexa. Results indicated that the highly repeated element in the Ictero No. 1 strain exists as a well conserved sequence, though at a moderate level of repetition, in certain strains of L. interrogans and L. kirschneri. PCR amplification targeting the repetitive element was successful and indicated that the procedure provides a sensitive and specific probe to detect leptospires.
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PMID:Repetitive sequence of Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae strain Ictero No. 1: a sensitive probe for demonstration of Leptospira interrogans strains. 1052 8
The effects of sesamin, one of the most abundant lignans in sesame seed, on hepatic fatty acid oxidation were examined in rats that were fed experimental diets containing various amounts (0%, 0.1%, 0.2%, and 0.5%) of sesamin (a 1:1 mixture of sesamin and episesamin) for 15 days. Dietary sesamin dose-dependently increased both mitochondrial and peroxisomal palmitoyl-coenzyme A (CoA) oxidation rates. Mitochondrial activity almost doubled in rats on the 0.5% sesamin diet. Peroxisomal activity increased more than 10-fold in rats fed a 0.5% sesamin diet in relation to rats on the sesamin-free diet. Dietary sesamin greatly increased the hepatic activity of fatty acid oxidation enzymes, including carnitine palmitoyltransferase,
acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
, acyl-CoA oxidase, 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase,
enoyl-CoA hydratase
, and 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase. Dietary sesamin also increased the activity of 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase and delta3,delta2-enoyl-CoA isomerase, enzymes involved in the auxiliary pathway for beta-oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids dose-dependently. Examination of hepatic mRNA levels using specific cDNA probes showed a sesamin-induced increase in the gene expression of mitochondrial and peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation enzymes. Among these various enzymes, peroxisomal acyl-CoA oxidase and bifunctional enzyme gene expression were affected most by dietary sesamin (15- and 50-fold increase by the 0.5% dietary level). Sesamin-induced alterations in the activity and gene expression of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I and acyl-CoA oxidase were in parallel with changes in the mitochondrial and peroxisomal palmitoyl-CoA oxidation rate, respectively. In contrast, dietary sesamin decreased the hepatic activity and mRNA abundance of fatty acid synthase and pyruvate kinase, the lipogenic enzymes. However, this lignan increased the activity and gene expression of malic enzyme, another lipogenic enzyme. An alteration in hepatic fatty acid metabolism may therefore account for the serum lipid-lowering effect of sesamin in the rat.
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PMID:Sesamin, a sesame lignan, is a potent inducer of hepatic fatty acid oxidation in the rat. 1053 95
5,6-Dichloro-7,7,7-trifluoro-4-thia-5-heptenoyl-CoA (DCTFTH-CoA) is an analogue of a class of cytotoxic 4-thiaacyl-CoA thioesters that can undergo a beta-elimination reaction to form highly unstable thiolate fragments, which yield electrophilic thioketene or thionoacyl halide species. Previous work demonstrated that the
medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
both bioactivates and is inhibited by these CoA thioesters through enzyme-catalyzed beta-elimination of the reactive thiolate moiety [Baker-Malcolm, J. F., Haeffner-Gormley, L., Wang, L., Anders, M. W., and Thorpe, C. (1998) Biochemistry 37, 1383-1393]. This paper shows that DCTFTH-CoA can be directly bioactivated by the
enoyl-CoA hydratase
(
ECH
) with the release of 1,2-dichloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propenethiolate and acryloyl-CoA. In the absence of competing exogenous trapping agents, DCTFTH-CoA effects rapid and irreversible loss of hydratase activity. The inactivator is particularly effective at pH 9.0, with a stoichiometry approaching 1 mol of DCTFTH-CoA per enzyme subunit. Modification is associated with a new protein-bound chromophore at 360 nm and an increase in mass of 89 +/- 5 per subunit. Surprisingly,
ECH
exhibiting less than 2% residual hydratase activity retains essentially 100% beta-eliminase activity and continues to generate reactive thiolate species from DCTFTH-CoA. This leads to progressive derivatization of the enzyme with additional UV absorbance, covalent cross-linking of subunits, and an eventual complete loss of beta-eliminase activity. A range of exogenous trapping agents, including small thiol nucleophiles, various proteins, and even phospholipid bilayers, exert strong protection against modification of
ECH
. Peptide mapping, thiol titrations, UV-vis spectrophotometry, and mass spectrometry show that inactivation involves the covalent modification of Cys62 and/or Cys111 of the recombinant rat liver
ECH
. These data suggest that
enoyl-CoA hydratase
is an important enzyme in the bioactivation of DCTFTH-CoA, in a pathway which does not require involvement of the
medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
.
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PMID:Novel inactivation of enoyl-CoA hydratase via beta-elimination of 5, 6-dichloro-7,7,7-trifluoro-4-thia-5-heptenoyl-CoA. 1100 15
Glutaconyl-coenzyme A (CoA) is the presumed enzyme-bound intermediate in the oxidative decarboxylation of glutaryl-CoA that is catalyzed by glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase. We demonstrated glutaconyl-CoA bound to glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase after anaerobic reduction of the dehydrogenase with glutaryl-CoA. Glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase also has intrinsic
enoyl-CoA hydratase
activity, a property of other members of the
acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
family. The enzyme rapidly hydrates glutaconyl-CoA at pH 7.6 with a k(cat) of 2.7 s(-1). The k(cat) in the overall oxidation-decarboxylation reaction at pH 7.6 is about 9 s(-1). The binding of glutaconyl-CoA was quantitatively assessed from the K(m) in the hydratase reaction, 3 microM, and the K(i), 1.0 microM, as a competitive inhibitor of the dehydrogenase. These values compare with K(m) and K(i) of 4.0 and 12.9 microM, respectively, for crotonyl-CoA. Glu370 is the general base catalyst in the dehydrogenase that abstracts an alpha-proton of the substrate to initiate the catalytic pathway. The mutant dehydrogenase, Glu370Gln, is inactive in the dehydrogenation and the hydratase reactions. However, this mutant dehydrogenase decarboxylates glutaconyl-CoA to crotonyl-CoA without oxidation-reduction reactions of the dehydrogenase flavin. Addition of glutaconyl-CoA to this mutant dehydrogenase results in a rapid, transient increase in long-wavelength absorbance (lambda(max) approximately 725 nm), and crotonyl-CoA is found as the sole product. We propose that this 725 nm-absorbing species is the delocalized crotonyl-CoA anion that follows decarboxylation and that the decay is the result of slow protonation of the anion in the absence of the general acid catalyst, Glu370(H(+)). In the absence of detectable oxidation-reduction, the data indicate that oxidation-reduction of the dehydrogenase flavin is not essential for decarboxylation of glutaconyl-CoA.
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PMID:Binding, hydration, and decarboxylation of the reaction intermediate glutaconyl-coenzyme A by human glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase. 1170 4
5-Hydroxydecanoate (5-HD) inhibits ischaemic and pharmacological preconditioning of the heart. Since 5-HD is thought to inhibit specifically the putative mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channel, this channel has been inferred to be a mediator of preconditioning. However, it has recently been shown that 5-HD is a substrate for acyl-CoA synthetase, the mitochondrial enzyme which 'activates' fatty acids. Here, we tested whether activated 5-HD, 5-hydroxydecanoyl-CoA (5-HD-CoA), is a substrate for
medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
(
MCAD
), the committed step of the mitochondrial beta-oxidation pathway. Using a molecular model, we predicted that the hydroxyl group on the acyl tail of 5-HD-CoA would not sterically hinder the active site of
MCAD
. Indeed, we found that 5-HD-CoA was a substrate for purified human liver
MCAD
with a Km of 12.8 +/- 0.6 microM and a kcat of 14.1 s-1. For comparison, with decanoyl-CoA (Km approximately 3 microM) as substrate, kcat was 6.4 s-1. 5-HD-CoA was also a substrate for purified pig kidney
MCAD
. We next tested whether the reaction product, 5-hydroxydecenoyl-CoA (5-HD-enoyl-CoA), was a substrate for
enoyl-CoA hydratase
, the second enzyme of the beta-oxidation pathway. Similar to decenoyl-CoA, purified 5-HD-enoyl-CoA was also a substrate for the hydratase reaction. In conclusion, we have shown that 5-HD is metabolised at least as far as the third enzyme of the beta-oxidation pathway. Our results open the possibility that beta-oxidation of 5-HD or metabolic intermediates of 5-HD may be responsible for the inhibitory effects of 5-HD on preconditioning of the heart.
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PMID:Beta-oxidation of 5-hydroxydecanoate, a putative blocker of mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channels. 1256 16
Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase gene (yafH) of Escherichia coli was expressed together with polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase gene (phaC(Ac)) and (R)-
enoyl-CoA hydratase
gene (phaJ(Ac)) from Aeromonas caviae. The expression plasmids were introduced into E. coli JM109, DH5 alpha and XL1-blue, respectively. Compared with the strains harboring only phaC(Ac) and phaJ(Ac), all recombinant E. coli strains harboring yafH, phaC(Ac) and phaJ(Ac) accumulated at least four times more poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (PHBHHx). Cell dry weights produced by all recombinants containing yafH were also considerably higher than that without yafH. The addition of acrylic acid which serves as inhibitor for beta-oxidation and may lead to more precursor supply for PHA synthesis did not result in improved PHBHHx production compared with that of the overexpression of yafH. It appeared that the overexpression of
acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
gene (yafH) enhanced the supply of enoyl-CoA which is the substrate of (R)-
enoyl-CoA hydratase
. With the enhanced precursor supply, the recombinants accumulated more PHBHHx.
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PMID:Enhanced production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) via manipulating the fatty acid beta-oxidation pathway in E. coli. 1269 16
The lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activator NO-1886 (ibrolipim) has been shown to have potential benefits for the treatment of obesity in rats. However, the anti-obesity mechanism of NO-1886 has not been clearly understood. To address this, we studied the effects of NO-1886 on the mRNA expression of fatty acid oxidation-related enzymes in rats. The respiratory quotient (RQ) in rats administered a single oral dose of NO-1886 was significantly lower than control rats under both fed and fasted conditions. NO-1886 orally administered to rats for 7 days caused 1.54-fold increase in carnitine palmitoyl transferase II (CPTII) mRNA in the carnitine palmitoyl transferase system. Furthermore, NO-1886 caused a 1.47-fold increase in
long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
(
LCAD
) mRNA, a 1.49-fold increase in acetyl-CoA acyltransferase 2 (ACAA2) mRNA, and a 1.24-fold increase in
enoyl-CoA hydratase
(
ECH
) mRNA in rats, all which are liver beta-oxidation enzymes. NO-1886 also increased uncoupling protein-2 (UCP2) mRNA levels in liver by 1.42-fold when compared to the control group. These results suggest that the LPL activator NO-1886 may accelerate the expression of fatty acid oxidation-related enzymes, resulting in a reduction of RQ.
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PMID:Lipoprotein lipase activator NO-1886 (ibrolipim) accelerates the mRNA expression of fatty acid oxidation-related enzymes in rat liver. 1466 53
Bacteria in anoxic environments typically convert aromatic compounds derived from pollutants or green plants to benzoyl-CoA, and then to the C7 dicarboxylic acid derivative 3-hydroxypimelyl-CoA. Inspection of the recently completed genome sequence of the purple nonsulfur phototroph Rhodopseudomonas palustris revealed one predicted cluster of genes for the beta-oxidation of dicarboxylic acids. These genes, annotated as pimFABCDE, are predicted to encode acyl-CoA ligase,
enoyl-CoA hydratase
,
acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
and acyl-CoA transferase enzymes, which should allow the conversion of odd-chain dicarboxylic acids to glutaryl-CoA, and even-chain dicarboxylic acids to succinyl-CoA. A mutant strain that was deleted in the pim gene cluster grew at about half the rate of the wild-type parent when benzoate or pimelate was supplied as the sole carbon source. The mutant grew five times more slowly than the wild-type on the C14 dicarboxylic acid tetradecanedioate. The mutant was unimpaired in growth on the C8-fatty acid caprylate. The acyl-CoA ligase predicted to be encoded by the pimA gene was purified, and found to be active with C7-C14 dicarboxylic and fatty acids. The expression of a pimA-lacZ chromosomal gene fusion increased twofold when cells were grown in the presence of straight-chain C7-C14 dicarboxylic and fatty acids. These results suggest that the beta-oxidation enzymes encoded by the pim gene cluster are active with medium-chain-length dicarboxylic acids, including pimelate. However, the finding that the pim operon deletion mutant is still able to grow on dicarboxylic acids, albeit at a slower rate, indicates that R. palustris has additional genes that can also specify the degradation of these compounds.
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PMID:The pimFABCDE operon from Rhodopseudomonas palustris mediates dicarboxylic acid degradation and participates in anaerobic benzoate degradation. 1575 19
An
acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
has been identified as part of the mitochondrial beta-oxidation pathway in the ascomycete fungus Aspergillus nidulans. Disruption of the scdA gene prevented use of butyric acid (C(4)) and hexanoic acid (C(6)) as carbon sources and reduced cellular butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase activity by 7.5-fold. While the mutant strain exhibited wild-type levels of growth on erucic acid (C(22:1)) and oleic acid (C(18:1)), some reduction in growth was observed with myristic acid (C(14)). The DeltascdA mutation was found to be epistatic to a mutation downstream in the beta-oxidation pathway (disruption of
enoyl-CoA hydratase
). The DeltascdA mutant was also unable to use isoleucine or valine as a carbon source. Transcription of scdA was observed in the presence of either fatty acids or amino acids. When the mutant was grown in medium containing either isoleucine or valine, organic acid analysis of culture supernatants showed accumulation of 2-oxo acid intermediates of branched chain amino acid catabolism, suggesting feedback inhibition of the upstream branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase.
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PMID:A single acyl-CoA dehydrogenase is required for catabolism of isoleucine, valine and short-chain fatty acids in Aspergillus nidulans. 1765 40
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