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Query: EC:2.3.3.1 (citrate synthase)
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The sub-cellular localisation of enzymes has been defined by latency analysis, and fractionation by differential centrifugation, in cell-free extracts prepared from the mycelium of Aspergillus nidulans by growth in the presence of 2-deoxyglucose followed by treatment with a mixture of beta-glucuronidase, sulphatase and beta-glucanase and exposure to N2 cavitation at 5.2 PMa. In such extracts pyruvate carboxylase and NAD-dependent and NADP-dependent glutamate dehydrogenases are exclusively localised in the cytosol whereas all the other enzymes studied have sub-cellular localisation patterns similar to those described for mammalian liver. Electrophoretic analysis has established the presence of unique mitochondrial and cytosolic isoenzymes for many of the enzymes, e.g. NAD--malate dehydrogenase, NADP--isocitrate dehydrogenase, glutamate/oxaloacetate transaminase, fumarase, which show a marked extent of incomplete latency and the presence of significant activity in the mitochondrial and cytosolic fractions prepared by differential centrifugation. A novel method is described for detection of citrate synthase activity following electrophoresis of the cell-free extract. Application of this method confirms the absence of a unique cytosolic isoenzyme of citrate synthase and hence shows that citrate synthase activity detected in the soluble fraction results from damage to the mitochondria during isolation. A scheme is proposed on the basis of these data to describe the organisation of lipid and amino acid synthesis from glucose in an organism which possesses a cytosolic pyruvate carboxylase.
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PMID:The sub-cellular localisation of pyruvate carboxylase and of some other enzymes in Aspergillus nidulans. 634 55

NADH:ubiquinone reductase (complex I) of the mitochondrial inner membrane respiratory chain binds a number of mitochondrial matrix NAD-linked dehydrogenases. These include pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex, mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase, and beta-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase. No binding was detected between complex I and cytosolic malate dehydrogenase, glutamate dehydrogenase, NAD-isocitrate dehydrogenase, lipoamide dehydrogenase, citrate synthase, or fumarase. The dehydrogenases that bound to complex I did not bind to a preparation of complex II and III, nor did they bind to liposomes. The binding of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex, and mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase to complex I is a saturable process. Based upon the amount of binding observed in these in vitro studies, there is enough inner membrane present in the mitochondria to bind the dehydrogenases in the matrix space. The possible metabolic significance of these interactions is discussed.
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PMID:Complex I binds several mitochondrial NAD-coupled dehydrogenases. 643 16

A mathematical model is proposed to describe the interaction between glycolysis, the Krebs cycle and 3-oxidation (beta OX). The model incorporates the activations of phosphofructokinase by AMP and of isocitrate dehydrogenase by ADP as well as the inhibitions of citrate synthase by citrate, of acyl CoA synthase by excess CoAsAcyl, of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) and the beta OX helix by the products CoAsAc and NADH. These regulations have been shown to provide consecutive triggering of the fatty acid and glucose oxidation systems with an increase in the ATPase load, the beta OX of fatty acids being a major source of energy at small loads. The steady state rates of glycolysis and PDH-reaction begin to increase at larger loads when the rate of beta OX is close to its maximum value. At maximum ATPase loads, the glucose oxidation accounts for more than 80% of the total energy production. Under limited fatty acid supply, the transfer to glucose oxidation gives rise to a region of the ATPase loads, where in the steady state levels of NADH and CoAsAc increase with load.
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PMID:[Ratio between carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in muscle cell energy metabolism during ATPase loading. Mathematical model]. 645 74

The regional enzyme activities of glucose metabolism in the rat brain were investigated. Hexokinase (EC 2.7.1.1) and pyruvate dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.4.1), key enzymes for glucose metabolism, showed no changes in activity in all the regions studied of the aging brain as compared with the adult brain. However, the activity of D-3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.30) is low throughout the adult brain and, in contrast with hexokinase and pyruvate dehydrogenase, its activity decreases significantly during aging. Other enzymes that showed significant decreases during aging are aldolase (EC 4.1.2.13), lactate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.27), citrate synthase (EC 4.1.3.7), and NAD+-linked isocitrate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.41). The catabolic enzyme in cholinergic metabolism, acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7), selected as an example of a non-energy-metabolising enzyme, also showed significant decreases in all regions of the brain in aging, although its highest activity remained in the striatum. These results are discussed with respect to the energy metabolism in various brain regions and their status with aging.
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PMID:Energy-metabolizing enzymes in brain regions of adult and aging rats. 646 Aug 51

The development of several key enzymes of pyruvate and 3-hydroxybutyrate metabolism and of the tricarboxylic acid cycle was studied in six regions (cerebellum, medulla oblongata and pons, hypothalamus, striatum, mid-brain and cortex) of the neonatal, suckling and adult rat brain (2 days before birth to 60 days after birth). The enzymes whose developmental patterns were studied were: pyruvate dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.4.1), 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.30), citrate synthase (EC 4.1.3.7), NAD-linked isocitrate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.41) and fumarase (EC 4.2.1.2). Citrate synthase, isocitrate dehydrogenase and pyruvate dehydrogenase develop as a cluster in each region, although the pyruvate dehydrogenase appears to lag slightly behind the others. As with the glycolytic-enzyme cluster [Leong & Clark (1984) Biochem. J. 218, 131-138] the timing of the development of the activity of this group of enzymes varies from region to region; 50% of the adult activity developed first in the medulla oblongata, followed by the hypothalamus, striatum and mid-brain, and then in the cortex and cerebellum respectively. The 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase activity also develops earlier in the medulla oblongata than in the other regions. The results are discussed with respect to the neurophylogenetic development of the brain regions studied and the importance of the development of the enzymes of aerobic glycolysis in relationship to the development of neurological maturation.
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PMID:Regional enzyme development in rat brain. Enzymes of energy metabolism. 671 10

meso-Tartrate inhibited the growth of non-meso-tartrate-utilizing strains of Salmonella typhimurium in peptone water media and mineral salts media with some, but not all, carbon sources. C-R intermediates of the tricarboxylic acid cycle or compounds readily converted to them and substrates metabolized independently of the C-6 part of the cycle spared bacteria from the inhibitory effects of meso-tartrate when added to cultures along with meso-tartrate. Experiments with cell-free extracts of non-meso-tartrate-utilizing strains from batch and continuous cultures showed that meso-tartrate was a competitive inhibitor of isocitrate dehydrogenase and isocitrate lyase activities and also inhibited citrate synthase and malate synthase activities. The synthesis of these enzymes was not inhibited by meso-tartrate. The isocitrate enzymes of meso-tartrate-utilizing strains of S. typhimurium were similarly inhibited by meso-tartrate, but inhibition of the growth of meso-tartrate-utilizing strains was demonstrable only in uninduced cultures in which the intracellular concentrations of meso-tartrate were high.
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PMID:Physiological basis for meso-tartrate sensitivity in some strains of Salmonella typhimurium. 699 76

The activity of 22 enzymes of energy metabolism was determined in m. vastus lateralis quadricipitis of 14 adolescents aged 13-15 years (7 girls) and 14 adults aged 22 to 42 years (7 female subjects). The measurements were performed kinetically, at 37 degrees C, using optimal or near-to-optimal procedures. With the exception of one enzyme, enolase, no differences between sexes were observed in the two age groups. Glycolytic enzymes, including fructose-6-phosphate kinase, showed no significant differences in their activity in adults as compared to adolescents. The activity of enolase was lower in females of both age groups, but no difference due to age was found in this respect. Of the oxidative enzymes studied, only citrate synthase showed no significant difference in adults vs adolescents, whereas the activities of lipoamide dehydrogenase (+ 40%), NADP-isocitrate dehydrogenase (+ 44%), fumarase (+ 24.5%), total malate dehydrogenase (+ 42.2%) and NADH-dehydrogenase (+ 39%) were all significantly higher in the latter group. Aspartate aminotransferase was also 44% higher in adolescents. The possible physiological importance of these observations is discussed with regard to the functional capacity of the skeletal muscle. The hypothesis was considered that adolescents of this age may have a glycolytic capacity comparable to adults, but that they may oxidize pyruvate at a rate higher than adults.
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PMID:Enzyme activities in skeletal muscle of 13-15 years old adolescents. 705 78

The activity of enzymes of the citrate and glyoxylate cycles was comparatively assayed in the parent strain of Candida lipolytica producing citric and isocitric acids in a medium with hexadecane and in its two mutants one of which produced citrate and the other synthesized isocitrate. The enzyme activities were determined in the dynamics of the yeast growth: (a) in the exponential growth phase (no production of the acids); (b) in the lag phase (the beginning of the acid production); and (c) in the stationary phase (active production of the acids). All of the strains had a high activity of citrate synthase. The mutant producing citrate exhibited a high activity of isocitrate lyase and a low activity of aconitate hydratase, whereas the mutant producing isocitrate manifested a high activity of aconitate hydrase and a low activity of isocitrate dehydrogenase and isocitrate lyase. The data pertinent to a change in the enzyme activities due to the growth limitation with a nitrogen source and the production of the acids are considered for explaining the mechanism of overproduction of citric and isocitric acids from n-alkanes by yeast organisms.
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PMID:[Citrate and glyoxylate cycle enzyme activity in citric and isocitric acid synthesis by different strains of Candida lipolytica]. 707 Mar 6

1. The role of pyruvate carboxylation in the net synthesis of tricarboxylic acid-cycle intermediates during acetate metabolism was studied in isolated rat hearts perfused with [1-14C]pyruvate. 2. The incorporation of the 14C label from [1-14C]pyruvate into the tricarboxylic acid-cycle intermediates points to a carbon input from pyruvate via enzymes in addition to pyruvate dehydrogenase and citrate synthase. 3. On addition of acetate, the specific radioactivity of citrate showed an initial maximum at 2 min, with a subsequent decline in labelling. The C-6 of citrate (which is removed in the isocitrate dehydrogenase reaction) and the remainder of the molecule showed differential labelling kinetics, the specific radioactivity of C-6 declining more rapidly. Since this carbon is lost in the isocitrate dehydrogenase reaction, the results are consistent with a rapid inactivation of pyruvate dehydrogenase after the addition of acetate, which was confirmed by measuring the 14CO2 production from [1-14C]pyruvate. 4. The results can be interpreted to show that carboxylation of pyruvate to the C4 compounds of the tricarboxylic acid cycle occurs under conditions necessitating anaplerosis in rat myocardium, although the results do not identify the enzyme involved. 5. The specific radioactivity of tissue lactate was too low to allow it to be used as an indicator of the specific radioactivity of the intracellular pyruvate pool. The specific radioactivity of alanine was three times that of lactate. When the hearts were perfused with [1-14C]lactate, the specific radioactivity of alanine was 70% of that of pyruvate. The results suggest that a subcompartmentation of lactate and pyruvate occurs in the cytosol.
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PMID:Pyruvate carboxylation as an anaplerotic mechanism in the isolated perfused rat heart. 708 18

The activities of enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle were measured in order to compare the respiratory capacity in different parts of the nephron of the rat. Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase, citrate synthase and isocitrate dehydrogenase were assayed in single nephron segments dissected out of freeze-dried cryostat sections. The activities of the three enzymes per unit weight are higher in the distal segments (thick ascending limb and distal convoluted tubule) than in the proximal tubule. The distal vs. proximal ratios of activities are about 1.5, 2.5 and 2 for oxoglutarate dehydrogenase, citrate synthase and isocitrate dehydrogenase, respectively. Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase shows the lowest activities along the whole nephron and appears to catalyze the rate-limiting step of the tricarboxylic acid cycle. The possibility to estimate the respiratory capacity in the different segments of the nephron on the basis of the activity of oxoglutarate dehydrogenase is discussed. The capacity calculated for the proximal tubule (between 44 and 66 mumol O X min-1 X g-1, depending on the substrate) is in agreement with direct measurements of oxygen consumption as well as with calculations made on the basis of morphometrical data.
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PMID:Activities of enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle in segments of the rat nephron. 715 97


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