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Query: EC:2.3.3.1 (citrate synthase)
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Closed aorta working hearts perfused with 1 mM pyruvate were subjected to a 4-fold increase in work load by raising the left atrial filling pressure. Citric acid cycle flux, pyruvate uptake, and oxygen consumption rose 3-fold when cardiac output was increased. In the first 40 sec after the transition tissue glutamate and citrate fell by 22 and 45%, respectively, and there were reciprocal decreases in malate and aspartate. The ratio of creatine phosphate/creatine declined by 50% within 30 sec, with a corresponding increase in inorganic phosphate, but the fall in the ATP/ADP ratio was only 10%. During the first 10 sec the surface fluorescence from cardiac pyridine nucleotides fell by 30% and this change was synchronous with a sharp decline in the calculated adenine nucleotide phosphate potential. This suggests that heart mitochondrial respiration is controlled by the cytosolic phosphate potential, and that a state 4 to state 3 transition occurs when cardiac output is increased. Apparent disequilbrium of creatine phosphokinase can be explained by the compartmentation of most of the cardiac ADP within the mitochondria. Citric acid cycle flux was coordinated by activational interactions at citrate synthase, isocitrate dehydrogenase, and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase, but a transient imbalance between the individual cycle steps leads to a sharp peak of lactate production shortly after the work transition.
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PMID:Regulation of myocardial energy metabolism. 17 15

The extent of skeletal muscle fiber type involvement during exercise training was evaluated by assessing the increase in oxidative markers in the muscles of rats trained by various exercise programs. Rats were trained by running 6 days/wk at 1 mph for 12 wk by one of four protocols: group I-10% grade, 2 h/day; group II-10% grade, 4 h/day; group III-30% grade, 40 min/day; and group IV-30% grade, 2 h/day. No distinction was found between the different programs for the increase in cytochrome c content or citrate synthase (CS) activity of mixed muscle. The more intense programs utilizing a 30% grade induced an increase in CS activity in the fast-twitch white (FTW) fiber that was twice that found in the 10% grade groups. The fast-twitch red (FTR) fibers of the 2 h/day or more groups showed a similar increase (90-95%) in CS activity except for the group that ran for only 40 min/day. These data suggest that: 1) running durations of moderately intense exercise longer than 2 h/day do not further increase the oxidative capacity of the working muscles; and 2) more intense exercise builds on the performance of previously used FTR fibers and additionally involves the low oxidative FTW fibers.
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PMID:Muscle fiber involvement during training of different intensities and durations. 17 89

Vitamin B12 deficiency has been shown to result in an increase in content and activity of the hepatic cytosolic enzymes of fatty acid synthesis. The present study demonstrated that ATP citrate lyase, an enzyme whose activity has been positively correlated with rates of fatty acid biosynthesis, also increased in the livers of B12-deficient animals. Total and specific activity of hepatic citrate synthase, an enzyme whose activity is unaffected by a variety of dietary and hormonal changes, also was found to be increased in the B12-deprived state. By contrast, the activity of hepatic succinate-cytochrome c reductase, a portion of a multicomponent enzyme complex synthesized in part within the mitochondria, was unchanged in B12 deficiency. Vitamin B12 deprivation resulted in an increase in hepatic mitochondrial cristae membranes in both animals and man. Histochemical and chemical analysis demonstrated increased glycogen in the liver cells from B12-deficient animals and man. Thus, in the livers from vitamin B12-deficient animals there is an increased activity of the otherwise highly constant Krebs cycle enzyme citrate synthase, and in both animals and man there are increased mitochondrial cristae membranes.
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PMID:Biochemical and ultrastructural hepatic changes during vitamin B12 deficiency in animals and man. 17 57

1. A method was devised for preparing pig heart pyruvate dehydrogenase free of thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP), permitting studies of the binding of [35S]TPP to pyruvate dehydrogenase and pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphate. The Kd of TPP for pyruvate dehydrogenase was in the range 6.2-8.2 muM, whereas that for pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphate was approximately 15 muM; both forms of the complex contained about the same total number of binding sites (500 pmol/unit of enzyme). EDTA completely inhibited binding of TPP; sodium pyrophosphate, adenylyl imidodiphosphate and GTP, which are inhibitors (competitive with TPP) of the overall pyruvate dehydrogenase reaction, did not appreciably affect TPP binding. 2. Initial-velocity patterns of the overall pyruvate dehydrogenase reaction obtained with varying TPP, CoA and NAD+ concentrations at a fixed pyruvate concentration were consistent with a sequential three-site Ping Pong mechanism; in the presence of oxaloacetate and citrate synthase to remove acetyl-CoA (an inhibitor of the overall reaction) the values of Km for NAD+ and CoA were 53+/- 5 muM and 1.9+/-0.2 muM respectively. Initial-velocity patterns observed with varying TPP concentrations at various fixed concentrations of pyruvate were indicative of either a compulsory order of addition of substrates to form a ternary complex (pyruvate-Enz-TPP) or a random-sequence mechanism in which interconversion of ternary intermediates is rate-limiting; values of Km for pyruvate and TPP were 25+/-4 muM and 50+/-10 nM respectively. The Kia-TPP (the dissociation constant for Enz-TPP complex calculated from kinetic plots) was close to the value of Kd-TPP (determined by direct binding studies). 3. Inhibition of the overall pyruvate dehydrogenase reaction by pyrophosphate was mixed non-competitive versus pyruvate and competitive versus TPP; however, pyrophosphate did not alter the calculated value for Kia-TPP, consistent with the lack of effect of pyrophosphate on the Kd for TPP. 4. Pyruvate dehydrogenase catalysed a TPP-dependent production of 14CO2 from [1-14C]pyruvate in the absence of NAD+ and CoA at approximately 0.35% of the overall reaction rate; this was substantially inhibited by phosphorylation of the enzyme both in the presence and absence of acetaldehyde (which stimulates the rate of 14CO2 production two- or three-fold). 5. Pyruvate dehydrogenase catalysed a partial back-reaction in the presence of TPP, acetyl-CoA and NADH. The Km for TPP was 4.1+/-0.5 muM. The partial back-reaction was stimulated by acetaldehyde, inhibited by pyrophosphate and abolished by phosphorylation. 6. Formation of enzyme-bound [14C]acetylhydrolipoate from [3-14C]pyruvate but not from [1-14C]acetyl-CoA was inhibited by phosphorylation. Phosphorylation also substantially inhibited the transfer of [14C]acetyl groups from enzyme-bound [14C]acetylhydrolipoate to TPP in the presence of NADH. 7...
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PMID:The elementary reactions of the pig heart pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. A study of the inhibition by phosphorylation. 18 46

To determine the effect of long-term thyrotoxicosis on muscle mitochondria, we measured representative mitochondrial enzymes from three different types of skeletal muscle (fast-twitch red and fast-twitch white from the quadriceps, and slow-twitch red from the soleus) in rats given 3 mg L-thyroxine and 1 mg triiodo-L-thyronine per kilogram of diet for 12 wk. Marker enzymes of the electron transport chain and citric acid cycle (cytochrome oxidase, cytochrome c, and citrate synthase) increase approximately twofold in soleus muscle in response to this treatment. The fast-twitch muscles exhibit no more than 44% increases in these enzymes in response to the same treatment. Relative to initial concentration, 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase increased to the same extent in fast-twitch red muscle as it did in the soleus (70%). Mitochondrial alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase increased 76% in red quadriceps and 170% in soleus, but did not change in white muscle in the thyrotoxic rats. This differential sensitivity of the three types of muscle provides a tool for studying the mechanisms underlying the action of thyroid hormones on muscle mitochondria.
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PMID:Response of mitochondria of different types of skeletal muscle to thyrotoxicosis. 19 5

The hindlimbs of rats were immobilized, in plaster casts, for varying durations, and the time course for atrophy of muscle and of selected proteins in these muscles was determined. In those muscles whose lengths were at less than resting length during the fixation procedures, exponential decay to a new apparent steady state after atrophy was shown by wet and dry muscle weights and by the amounts of biuret protein, cytochrome c, and citrate synthase. The time taken to decrease to one-half of the final decrease at the new apparent steady state level was about 4-6 days for the above parameters which decayed exponentially. In contrast, the myoglobin concentration increased during atrophy and the amount of myoglobin remain unchanged during atrophy. When fixation procedures on limbs were such that muscles were stretched to lengths greater than resting length, then the onset of atrophy was delayed; indeed, in some cases muscles hypertrophied when fixed in the stretched position.
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PMID:Time course of muscular atrophy during immobilization of hindlimbs in rats. 19 96

The modification of Escherichia coli citrate synthase (citrate oxaloacetatelyase(pro-3S-CH2.COO- leads to acetyl-CoA, EC 4.1.3.7) with 5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) has been investigated. (1) In low ionic strength (20 mM Tris.HCl, pH 8.0): (A) Eight thiol groups per tetramer of the native enzyme reacted with Nbs2. (b) Two of the eight accessible thiols were modified rapidly with the loss of 26% enzyme activity but with no change in the NADH inhibition. The remaining six were modified more slowly, resulting in a further 60% loss of activity and complete densensitization to NADH. (c) The 2nd-order rate constant for the modification of the rapidly reacting thiols is 2.5.10(4) M-1.min-1. At the reagent concentrations used (0.1 to 0.2 mM) the modification of the six thiols in the slow kinetic set appeared to be 1st-order; at 0.1 mM dithionitrobenzoic acid their rate of modification was approximately 30 times slower than the thiols in the fast kinetic set. (2) In high ionic strength (20 mM Tris.HCl, pH 8.0, 0.1 M KCl): (a) Four thiol groups were modified in a single kinetic set and it appeared that these thiols are four of the six slowly modified in the absence of KCl. (b) The modification resulted in 70% loss of enzyme activity and complete loss of NADH inhibition. (3) From the kinetic analysis it is proposed that the four thiol groups accessible to dithionitrobenzoic acid in the absence and presence of 0.1 M KCl are those involved in the response of NADH. Modification of any one of these four groups produced no reduction in the inhibition; instead, loss of NADH sensitivity was coincident with the appearance of tetrameric protein possessing three substituted thiols, whereas enzyme with one or two modified groups was still fully inhibited by NADH.
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PMID:Thiol groups of Escherichia coli citrate synthase and their influence on activity and regulation. 20 Feb 73

Subcellular localization of enzymes of arginine metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was studied by partial fractionation and stepwise homogenization of spheroplast lysates. These enzymes could clearly be divided into two groups. The first group comprised the five enzymes of the acetylated compound cycle, i.e., acetylglutamate synthase, acetylglutamate kinase, acetylglutamyl-phosphate reductase, acetylornithine aminotransferase, and acetylornithine-glutamate acetyltransferase. These enzymes were exclusively particulate. Comparison with citrate synthase and cytochrome oxidase, and results from isopycnic gradient analysis, suggested that these enzymes were associated with the mitochondria. By contrast, enzymatic activities going from ornithine to arginine, i.e., arginine pathway-specific carbamoylphosphate synthetase, ornithine carbamoyltransferase, argininosuccinate synthetase, and argininosuccinate lyase, and the two first catabolic enzymes, arginase and ornithine aminotransferase, were in the "soluble" fraction of the cell.
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PMID:Arginine metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: subcellular localization of the enzymes. 20 32

Citrate synthase (citrate-oxaloacetate lyase (CoA acetylating), EC 4.1.3.7) has been purified to electrophoretic homogeneity from a marine Pseudomonas. The enzyme was made up of identical subunits, with a molecular wieght of about 53 000, as determined by sodium dodecyl sulphate - polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The native enzyme (citrate synthase II, CS II) could be dissociated by dialysis against 20 mM phosphate (Pi), pH 7; the enzyme thus obtained (citrate synthase I, CS I) was still active, but presented different molecular weight and kinetic and regulatory properties. CS II was activated by adenosine monophosphate (AMP), Pi, and KCl, and inhibited by reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), being apparently insensitive to adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and adenosine diphosphate (ADP). The inhibition by NADH was completely counteracted by 0.1 mM AMP, but not by 50 mM Pi or 0.1 M KCl. The activation by KCl and Pi, or by KCl and AMP was nearly additive, whereas that by AMP and Pi was not. The activators acted essentially by increasing Vmax, although they also caused a decrease in the Km values. CS I was inhibited by ATP, ADP, AMP, and KCl, and was insensitive to NADH. CS I could be reassociated after elimination of Pi by dialysis, regaining the higher molecular weight and the activation by AMP characteristic of CS II.
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PMID:Purification and some properties of the citrate synthase from a marine Pseudomonas. 20 30

The distribution of coenzyme A and carnitine between the mitochondrial and cytosolic compartments was determined in rat heart ventricular muscle. The CoA and carnitine levels of homogenate, mitochondrial, and postmitochondrial fractions were determined in nonperfused hearts and in hearts that were perfused under control and ischemic conditions. Using the mitochondrial marker enzymes, citrate synthase and cytochrome c oxidase, the cellular content of mitochondrial protein was determined to be 53 +/- 1.0 (nonperfused), 53.5 +/- 1.5 (control), and 58.1 +/- 2.2 (ischemic) mg/g of wet heart muscle. These values were used to calculate the contribution of the CoA and carnitine located in the mitochondrial compartment to the total cellular levels of CoA and carnitine. Under both control and ischemic conditions, approximately 95% of the cellular CoA was mitochondrial. The percentage of the total cellular carnitine associated with the mitochondria increased from 8 to 9% in nonperfused and control hearts to 25% during ischemia, indicating that a net transfer of carnitine occurred from the cytosol to the mitochondrial matrix.
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PMID:Coenzyme A and carnitine distribution in normal and ischemic hearts. 20 96


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