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Query: EC:6.4.1.2 (acetyl-CoA carboxylase)
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Biotin-dependent carboxylases require covalently bound biotin for enzymatic activity. The biotin is attached through a lysine residue, which in a number of bacterial, avian, and mammalian carboxylases, is found within the conserved sequence Ala-Met-Lys-Met. We have determined the partial nucleotide sequence of cDNA clones for human propionyl-CoA carboxylase and pyruvate carboxylase. The predicted amino acid sequence of both these proteins contains the conserved tetrapeptide 35 residues from the carboxy terminus. In addition, both proteins contain the tripeptide, Pro-Met-Pro, 26 residues toward the amino terminus from the biotin attachment site. The overall amino acid homology through this region is 43%. Similar findings have been made for the biotin-containing polypeptides of transcarboxylase of Propionibacterium shermanii and acetyl-CoA carboxylase of Escherichia coli (W. L. Maloy, B. U. Bowien, G. K. Zwolinski, K. G. Kumar, and H. G. Wood (1979) J. Biol. Chem. 254, 11615-11622). The implications of this sequence conservation with regard to the function and evolution of biotin-dependent carboxylases is discussed. We propose that the 60 amino acids surrounding the biotin site are bounded by a proline "hinge" and the carboxy terminus has remained conserved as a result of constraints imposed by biotinylation of the enzyme.
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PMID:Sequence homology around the biotin-binding site of human propionyl-CoA carboxylase and pyruvate carboxylase. 355 48

An endotoxin-induced mediator from exudate cells markedly suppresses the activities of the key enzymes for de novo fatty acid biosynthesis--acetyl-CoA carboxylase [acetyl-CoA:carbon dioxide ligase (ADP-forming), EC 6.4.1.2] and fatty acid synthetase--in differentiating 3T3-L1 murine preadipocytes. The loss in activity, at least in part, appears to be due to a specific effect on the synthesis of the enzymes, as determined by a decreased incorporation of [35S]methionine into immunoadsorbable acetyl-CoA carboxylase and fatty acid synthetase when the cells were exposed to the mediator. During this exposure, the radiolabeling of proteins with [35S]methionine in a particulate fraction was decreased by nearly 50% with little change in the soluble protein fraction. Sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel analysis of the labeled protein indicated no major disturbances of protein synthesis in general; however, the syntheses of specific proteins in both the soluble and particulate fractions were enhanced or depressed. The present study demonstrates that endotoxin promotes the release of a mediator from exudate cells that regulates key anabolic activities in adipose cells.
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PMID:Selective inhibition of synthesis of enzymes for de novo fatty acid biosynthesis by an endotoxin-induced mediator from exudate cells. 613 82

A biotin-containing hexapeptide Ac-Glu-Ala-Met-Bct-Met-Met (1) that represents the local biotin-containing site of Escherichia coli acetyl-CoA carboxylase has been prepared by the solid phase method. Peptide 1 is carboxylated by the biotin carboxylase subunit dimer of E. coli acetyl-CoA carboxylase with the following kinetic parameters; Km 12 mM, Vmax 2.8 microM X min-1. These compare with the parameters for biotin of Km 214 mM and Vmax 28 microM X min -1. Hence, the overall reactivity (Vmax/Km) of 1 is 1.8 times greater than that of free biotin. When all methionines in 1 are replaced by alanine, the resulting peptide (2) retains a similar binding ability but with a much decreased Vmax. It was also found that peptide 3, which carries an N epsilon-benzyloxycarbonyllysine in place of biocytin in 1, decreases the Km of biotin threefold.
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PMID:Importance of methionine residues in the enzymatic carboxylation of biotin-containing peptides representing the local biotinyl site of E. coli acetyl-CoA carboxylase. 614 21

The carbohydrate-dependent long-term regulation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase was studied in primary hepatocyte cultures from adult rats. (1) The enzyme activity was increased 2-fold either by elevation of the glucose concentration to 20mM or by enhancement of the insulin concentration to 0.1 microM. Simultaneous increases in glucose and insulin resulted in a 5-fold increase in the enzyme activity. (2) As shown by immunochemical titration, the enhancement of the enzyme activity was due to an increase in the enzyme protein. (3) Incorporation of [35S]methionine and immunoprecipitation of the enzyme revealed that the increase in enzyme protein was due to an increased rate of enzyme synthesis. The rate of enzyme degradation remained essentially unchanged. (4) The glucose- and insulin-dependent induction of acetyl-CoA carboxylase was prevented by the addition of alpha-amanitin (10 microM) or cordycepin (10 microM), indicating a transcriptional regulation of the enzyme level. (5) The parallel induction of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and of ATP citrate lyase indicates a co-ordinate long-term regulation of lipogenic enzymes.
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PMID:Glucose-dependent induction of acetyl-CoA carboxylase in rat hepatocyte cultures. 614 72

Acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase, EC 6.4.1.2) catalyzes the synthesis of malonyl-coenzyme A, which is utilized in the plastid for de novo fatty acid synthesis and outside the plastid for a variety of reactions, including the synthesis of very long chain fatty acids and flavonoids. Recent evidence for both multifunctional and multisubunit ACCase isozymes in dicot plants has been obtained. We describe here the isolation of a tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv bright yellow 2 [NT1]) cDNA clone (E3) that encodes a 58.4-kD protein that shares 80% sequence similarity and 65% identity with the Anabaena biotin carboxylase subunit of ACCase. Similar to other biotin carboxylase subunits of acetyl-CoA carboxylase, the E3-encoded protein contains a putative ATP-binding motif but lacks a biotin-binding site (methionine-lysine-methionine or methionine-lysine-leucine). The deduced protein sequence contains a putative transit peptide whose function was confirmed by its ability to direct in vitro chloroplast uptake. The subcellular localization of this biotin carboxylase has also been confirmed to be plastidial by western blot analysis of pea (Pisum sativum), alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), and castor (Ricinus communis L.) plastid preparations. Northern blot analysis indicates that the plastid biotin carboxylase transcripts are expressed at severalfold higher levels in castor seeds than in leaves.
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PMID:Structural analysis, plastid localization, and expression of the biotin carboxylase subunit of acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase from tobacco. 761 Jan 68

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase is found in all animals, plants, and bacteria and catalyzes the first committed step in fatty acid synthesis. It is a multicomponent enzyme containing a biotin carboxylase activity, a biotin carboxyl carrier protein, and a carboxyltransferase functionality. Here we report the X-ray structure of the biotin carboxylase component from Escherichia coli determined to 2.4-A resolution. The structure was solved by a combination of multiple isomorphous replacement and electron density modification procedures. The overall fold of the molecule may be described in terms of three structural domains. The N-terminal region, formed by Met 1-Ile 103, adopts a dinucleotide binding motif with five strands of parallel beta-sheet flanked on either side by alpha-helices. The "B-domain" extends from the main body of the subunit where it folds into two alpha-helical regions and three strands of beta-sheet. Following the excursion into the B-domain, the polypeptide chain folds back into the body of the protein where it forms an eight-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet. In addition to this major secondary structural element, the C-terminal domain also contains a smaller three-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet and seven alpha-helices. The active site of the enzyme has been identified tentatively by a difference Fourier map calculated between X-ray data from the native crystals and from crystals soaked in a Ag+/biotin complex. Those amino acid residues believed to form part of the active site pocket include His 209-Glu 211, His 236-Glu 241, Glu 276, Ile 287-Glu 296, and Arg 338.2+ represents the first X-ray model of a biotin-dependent carboxylase.
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PMID:Three-dimensional structure of the biotin carboxylase subunit of acetyl-CoA carboxylase. 791 38

The gene that encodes acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase; EC 6.4.1.2) in the eukaryotic alga Cyclotella cryptica has been isolated and cloned, representing the first time that a full-length gene for this enzyme has been isolated from a photosynthetic organism. The gene contains a 447-base pair intron that is located near the putative translation initiation codon and a 73-base pair intron that is located slightly upstream from the region that encodes the biotin binding site of the enzyme. The gene encodes a polypeptide that is predicted to be composed of 2089 amino acids and to have a molecular mass of 230 kDa. The deduced amino acid sequence exhibits strong similarity to the sequences of animal and yeast ACCases in the biotin carboxylase and carboxyltransferase domains. There is less sequence similarity in the biotin carboxyl carrier protein domain, although the highly conserved Met-Lys-Met of the biotin binding site is present. The amino terminus of the predicted ACCase sequence has characteristics of a signal sequence, suggesting that the enzyme is imported into chloroplasts via the endoplasmic reticulum, as has been shown to be the case for certain nuclear-encoded proteins that are transported into the chloroplasts of the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Southern blot analyses suggest that a single copy of this gene is present in C. cryptica.
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PMID:Cloning and characterization of the gene that encodes acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase in the alga Cyclotella cryptica. 810 14

Regulation of CTP:choline-phosphate cytidylyltransferase activity was studied in regenerating rat liver. The formation of phosphatidylcholine from [14C]choline in hepatocytes isolated from regenerating liver at 22 h after surgery was increased 1.9-fold when compared with hepatocytes from sham-operated animals. This effect was accompanied by a 1.4-fold increase in cytosolic cytidylyltransferase activity as well as by a 1.5-fold increase in the amount of immunoreactive cytidylyltransferase protein, and a 1.7-fold increase in [35S]methionine incorporation into cytidylyltransferase protein. Northern blot analysis of cytidylyltransferase mRNA showed two signals at 1.5 and 5.0 kb. Partial hepatectomy caused a significant 2-3-fold increase in the 1.5-kb and 5.0-kb messengers at 12 h after surgery. During the next 10 h after partial hepatectomy cytidylyltransferase mRNA levels slightly decreased, although they were still elevated in comparison with sham-operated rats 20-22 h after surgery. In contrast to the elevated cytidylyltransferase mRNA levels, the amount of acetyl-CoA carboxylase mRNA did not increase between 12 and 22 h after surgery, which is in line with the unchanged activity of this enzyme. In conclusion, our data demonstrate that in regenerating liver phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and cytidylyltransferase activity are regulated at a pretranslational level.
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PMID:Evidence that CTP:choline-phosphate cytidylyltransferase is regulated at a pretranslational level in rat liver after partial hepatectomy. 839 39

The 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) mediates several cellular responses to metabolic stress. Rat liver contains at least two isoforms of this enzyme, either alpha1 or alpha2 catalytic subunits together with beta and gamma noncatalytic subunits in a trimeric complex. The alpha1 isoform is purified using a peptide substrate affinity chromatography column with ADR1 (222-234)P229 (LKKLTRRPSFSAQ), corresponding to the cAMP-dependent protein kinase phosphorylation site in the yeast transcriptional activator of the ADH2 gene, ADR1. This peptide is phosphorylated at Ser230 by AMPK alpha1 with a Km of 3.8 microM and a Vmax of 4.8 micromol/min/mg compared to the commonly used rat acetyl-CoA carboxylase (73-87)A77R86-87 peptide substrate, HMRSAMSGLHLVKRR, with a Km of 33.3 microM and a Vmax of 8.1 micromol/min/mg. Thus, the AMPK exhibits some overlapping specificity with the cAMP-dependent protein kinase. The rat liver AMPK alpha1 isoform has a Kcat approximately 250-fold higher than the AMPK alpha2 isoform isolated from rat liver. The AMPK alpha1 isoform readily phosphorylates peptides corresponding to the reported AMPK phosphorylation sites in rat, chicken, and yeast acetyl-CoA carboxylase and rat hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase but not phosphorylase kinase. Based on previous peptide substrate specificity studies (Dale, S., Wilson, W. A., Edelman, A. M., and Hardie, G. (1995) FEBS Lett. 361, 191-195) using partially purified enzyme and variants of the peptide AMARAASAAALARRR, it was proposed that the AMPK preferred the phosphorylation site motif Phi(X, beta)XXS/TXXXPhi (Phi, hydrophobic; beta, basic). In good AMPK alpha1 peptide substrates, a hydrophobic residue at the P-5 position is conserved but not at the P+4 position. Oxidation of the Met residues in the rat acetyl-CoA carboxylase (73-87)A77R86-87 peptide increased the Km 6-fold and reduced the Vmax to 4% of the reduced peptide.
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PMID:Isoform-specific purification and substrate specificity of the 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase. 891 Apr 70

Avidin is a major [35S]methionine-labeled protein induced by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and interleukin 6 (IL-6) in cultured chick embryo myoblasts and chondrocytes. It was identified by N-terminal sequencing of the protein purified from conditioned culture medium of LPS-stimulated myoblasts. In addition, avidin was secreted by unstimulated myoblasts and chondrocytes during in vitro differentiation; maximal expression being observed in differentiated myofibers and hypertrophic chondrocytes. In developing chick embryos, immunohistochemistry revealed avidin in skeletal muscles and growth plate hypertrophic cartilage. Avidin was secreted into culture as a biologically active tetramer. Exogenous avidin added to the medium of proliferating chondrocytes progressively inhibited cell proliferation, whereas addition of avidin to differentiating chondrocytes in suspension allowed full cell differentiation. No toxic effects for the cells were observed in both culture conditions. Western blots of samples from cytosolic extracts using alkaline-phosphatase-conjugated streptavidin showed three biotin-containing proteins. Acetyl-CoA carboxylase was identified by specific antibodies. Based on these data, we propose that avidin binds extracellular biotin and regulates cell proliferation by interfering with fatty acid biosynthesis during terminal cell differentiation and/or in response to inflammatory stimuli.
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PMID:Avidin expression during chick chondrocyte and myoblast development in vitro and in vivo: regulation of cell proliferation. 1128 23


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