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Query: EC:6.4.1.2 (acetyl-CoA carboxylase)
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Protein phosphatase-2B was purified from extracts of rabbit skeletal muscle by a procedure that involved fractionation with ammonium sulphate, chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose, fractionation with poly(ethylene glycol), gel filtration on Sephadex G-200 (Mr = 98000 +/- 4000), chromatography on Affi-Gel Blue and affinity chromatography on calmodulin-Sepharose. The enzyme was purified 3500-fold in seven days with an overall yield of 0.5%. The alpha-subunit of phosphorylase kinase, protein phosphatase inhibitor-1 and the myosin P-light chain from rabbit skeletal muscle were dephosphorylated by protein phosphatase-2B with similar kinetic constants. The alpha-subunit of phosphorylase kinase was dephosphorylated at least 100-fold more rapidly than the beta-subunit, while glycogen phosphorylase, glycogen synthase, histones H1 and H2B, ATP-citrate lyase, acetyl-CoA carboxylase, L-pyruvate kinase and protein synthesis initiation factor eIF-2 were not dephosphorylated at significant rates. Protein phosphatase-2B became activated 10-fold by calmodulin (A0.5 = 6 nM) after chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose and this degree of activation was maintained throughout the remainder of the purification. Calmodulin increased the Vmax of the reaction without altering the Km for inhibitor-1. The activity of protein phosphatase-2B was completely dependent on Ca2+ in the presence or absence of calmodulin. Half-maximal activation was observed at 1.0 microM Ca2+ in the absence, and at 0.5 microM Ca2+ in the presence, of 0.03 microM calmodulin. Protein phosphatase-2B was inhibited completely by trifluoperazine; half-maximal inhibition occurred at 45 microM in the absence and 35 microM in the presence of 0.03 microM calmodulin. The metabolic role of protein phosphatase-2B in vivo is discussed in the light of the observation that this enzyme is probably identical to a major calmodulin-binding protein of neural tissue termed calcineurin or CaM-BP80 [Stewart, A. A., Ingebritsen, T. S., Manalan, A., Klee, C. B., and Cohen, P. (1982) FEBS Lett. 137, 80-84].
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PMID:The protein phosphatases involved in cellular regulation. 5. Purification and properties of a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase (2B) from rabbit skeletal muscle. 630 28

Methods were developed for quantifying protein phosphatases-1, 2A, 2B and 2C in cell extracts, and these procedures were exploited to determine their tissue and subcellular distributions. In addition, the contribution of each enzyme to the total protein phosphatase activity in skeletal muscle and liver extracts towards nine proteins involved in the control of glycogen metabolism, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, fatty acid synthesis and cholesterol synthesis was assessed. Each protein phosphatase was present at significant concentrations in skeletal muscle, heart muscle, liver, brain and adipose tissue, although the relative amounts differed considerably. In skeletal muscle, protein phosphatase-1 was the major enzyme acting on phosphorylase, glycogen synthase and phosphorylase kinase (beta-subunit), and thus was the major protein phosphatase responsible for the inactivation of glycogenolysis and stimulation of glycogen synthesis. This idea was reinforced by the observation that 50% of the protein phosphatase-1 activity was associated with the protein-glycogen complex. In the liver, protein phosphatases-1, 2A and 2C each appear to play a role in the regulation of glycogen metabolism. Protein phosphatase-1 accounted for a significant fraction of the total potential activity towards phosphorylase and glycogen synthase, and was the major phosphorylase kinase (beta-subunit) phosphatase of this tissue. In addition, it was the only protein phosphatase present in the protein-glycogen complex. Protein phosphatase 2A was also a major phosphorylase phosphatase and glycogen synthase phosphatase in this tissue. Protein phosphatase 2C was a significant glycogen synthase phosphatase in the liver, but had negligible activity toward phosphorylase or phosphorylase kinase (beta-subunit). In the absence of Ca2+, protein phosphatase 2A was the major phosphorylase kinase (alpha-subunit) phosphatase and the only inhibitor-1 phosphatase, in skeletal muscle or liver. In the presence of Ca2+, protein phosphatase 2B accounted for most of the activity towards these substrates. Protein phosphatase 2A was the major enzyme acting on L-pyruvate kinase, ATP-citrate lyase and acetyl-CoA carboxylase in rat liver, suggesting an important role in the regulation of glycolysis/gluconeogenesis and fatty acid synthesis. Protein phosphatase 2C was the major enzyme acting on hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase and HMG-CoA reductase kinase, suggesting an important role in the regulation of cholesterol synthesis. However, the observation that 20% of the protein phosphatase-1 in liver was associated with the microsomal fraction suggests that this enzyme may also be involved in regulating HMG-CoA reductase, which is tightly associated with microsomes. The activity of protein phosphatase-1 in dilute skeletal muscle and liver extracts was just as sensitive to inhibitor-1 and inhibitor-2 as the purified enzyme. In concentrated extracts, higher concentrations of the inhibitor proteins were required and the inhibition was time-dependent...
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PMID:The protein phosphatases involved in cellular regulation. 6. Measurement of type-1 and type-2 protein phosphatases in extracts of mammalian tissues; an assessment of their physiological roles. 630 29

A calmodulin-dependent glycogen synthase kinase distinct from phosphorylase kinase has been purified approximately equal to 5000-fold from rabbit skeletal muscle by a procedure involving fractionation with ammonium sulphate (0-33%), and chromatographies on phosphocellulose, calmodulin-Sepharose and DEAE-Sepharose. 0.75 mg of protein was obtained from 5000 g of muscle within 4 days, corresponding to a yield of approximately equal to 3%. The Km for glycogen synthase was 3.0 microM and the V 1.6-2.0 mumol min-1 mg-1. The purified enzyme showed a major protein staining band (Mr 58 000) and a minor component (Mr 54 000) when examined by dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The molecular weight of the native enzyme was determined to be 696 000 by sedimentation equilibrium centrifugation, indicating a dodecameric structure. Electron microscopy suggested that the 12 subunits were arranged as two hexameric rings stacked one upon the other. Following incubation with Mg-ATP and Ca2+-calmodulin, the purified protein kinase underwent an 'autophosphorylation reaction'. The reaction reached a plateau when approximately equal to 5 mol of phosphate had been incorporated per 58 000-Mr subunit. Both the 58 000-Mr and 54 000-Mr species were phosphorylated to a similar extent. Autophosphorylation did not affect the catalytic activity. The calmodulin-dependent protein kinase initially phosphorylated glycogen synthase at site-2, followed by a slower phosphorylation of site-1 b. The protein kinase also phosphorylated smooth muscle myosin light chains, histone H1, acetyl-CoA carboxylase and ATP-citrate lyase. These findings suggest that the calmodulin-dependent glycogen synthase kinase may be a enzyme of broad specificity in vivo. Glycogen synthase kinase-4 is an enzyme that resembles the calmodulin-dependent glycogen synthase kinase in phosphorylating glycogen synthase (at site-2), but not glycogen phosphorylase. Glycogen synthase kinase-4 was unable to phosphorylate any of the other proteins phosphorylated by the calmodulin-dependent glycogen synthase kinase, nor could it phosphorylate site 1 b of glycogen synthase. The results demonstrate that glycogen synthase kinase-4 is not a proteolytic fragment of the calmodulin-dependent glycogen synthase kinase, that has lost its ability to be regulated by Ca2+-calmodulin.
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PMID:The calmodulin-dependent glycogen synthase kinase from rabbit skeletal muscle. Purification, subunit structure and substrate specificity. 631 30

Calmodulin-dependent glycogen synthase kinase from rabbit skeletal muscle and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase-II from rat brain were found to have remarkably similar substrate specificities. Both protein kinases phosphorylated synapsin -I, glycogen synthase, smooth muscle myosin light chains, histone H1 and acetyl-CoA carboxylase at the same relative rates. Site-2 of glycogen synthase was preferentially phosphorylated by both enzymes, followed by a slower phosphorylation of site-1b. Each protein kinase catalysed a 2-fold activation of tryptophan 5-monooxygenase. Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase-II and glycogen synthase kinase exhibited similar immunological cross-reactivity in the presence of Ca2+ and calmodulin, using monoclonal antibody raised against the rat brain enzyme. In the absence of Ca2+ and calmodulin, cross-reactivity of glycogen synthase kinase was decreased, whereas that of calmodulin-dependent protein kinase-II was not. The two enzymes appear to represent different isoenzymes of a multifunctional calmodulin-dependent protein kinase that may mediate many of the actions of Ca2+ in mammalian tissues. The results demonstrate that calmodulin-dependent protein kinase-II is identical to calmodulin-dependent synapsin -I kinase-II, previously shown to be very similar to calmodulin-dependent glycogen synthase kinase [(1983) FEBS Lett. 163, 329-334].
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PMID:Comparison of calmodulin-dependent glycogen synthase kinase from skeletal muscle and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase-II from brain. 632 77

Studies of lipid metabolism in cell cultures are usually carried out after preincubation of cells in media containing lipoprotein-deficient or delipidated serum. The artifacts produced during delipidation prevent the standardization of assays and the study of the role of hormones on lipid metabolism. We studied the effects of triiodothyronine, hydrocortisone, insulin and their combination on cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis in cultured human skin fibroblasts preincubated for 24 h in an artificial medium (medium A) consisting of equal volumes of Dulbecco's modified Eagle's and Ham's F-12 media enriched with transferrin, biotin and calcium pantothenate. In cells preincubated in medium A the incorporation of acetate to cholesterol and the activity of hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase were much lower than in cells preincubated in standard medium containing lipoprotein-deficient serum. Addition of the three hormones caused a marked stimulation of the incorporation of acetate to cholesterol (from 3.1 to 17.7 pmol/min per mg protein), an activity similar to that in cells preincubated in lipoprotein-deficient serum plus hormones. The stimulatory effect of the hormones on HMG-CoA reductase activity was smaller, from 11 to 26 pmol/min per mg protein compared to 83 pmol/min per mg protein in cells preincubated in lipoprotein-deficient serum plus hormones. Most of the stimulatory effect was due to insulin. The lack of coordinate response between these two parameters in cells preincubated in artificial medium could not be explained by (a) stimulation of a post-mevalonate step as measured by the incorporation of mevalonate to cholesterol; (b) the in vitro inactivation of HMG-CoA reductase by phosphorylation: incubation of fibroblast microsomes with Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase resulted in a decrease in HMG-CoA reductase activity, in contrast to an increase in hepatic microsomes; (c) the presence of inhibitors of HMG-CoA reductase in the microsomal extract. In cells preincubated in medium A the incorporation of acetate to fatty acids and the activities of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and fatty acid synthetase were approximately equal to that of cells preincubated in standard medium containing lipoprotein-deficient serum. Hormones added to medium A caused a stimulation of incorporation of acetate to fatty acids (from 5.1 to 19.8 pmol/min per mg protein), the activity of acetyl-CoA carboxylase (from 494 to 820 pmol/min per mg protein) and of fatty acid synthetase (from 300 to 678 pmol/mg protein). These values were significantly higher than those obtained in cells preincubated with lipoprotein-deficient serum with or without hormones.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:The effects of triiodothyronine, hydrocortisone and insulin on lipid synthesis by cultured fibroblasts preincubated in a serum-free medium. 636 71

The regulation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and malonyl-CoA levels in skeletal muscle may involve a calcium-dependent mechanism. To examine the effects of increased free sarcoplasmic calcium concentrations on malonyl-CoA in skeletal muscle, isolated hindlimbs of rats were perfused for 30 min with a medium containing bovine red blood cells, bovine serum albumin, 200 microU/ml insulin, and 10 mM glucose in Krebs-Henseleit buffer and caffeine at 0, 0.12, 0.5, or 3 mM. Malonyl-CoA decreased from control (no caffeine) values of 1.34 +/- 0.9 to 0.95 +/- 0.12 pmol/mg in gastrocnemius-plantaris muscles perfused with 0.12 and 0.5 mM caffeine and to 0.63 +/- 0.07 pmol/mg in the muscles perfused with 3 mM caffeine. Adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) increased from 0.24 +/- 0.02 to 0.32 +/- 0.04 nmol/g, and AMP decreased from 83 +/- 8 to 53 +/- 3 nmol/g in response to 3 mM caffeine. Citrate and ATP were unaffected by caffeine. A decline in malonyl-CoA with 0.12 and 0.5 mM caffeine without an increase in cAMP supports the hypothesis that a calcium-dependent mechanisms of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and malonyl-CoA regulation exists, but a cAMP-dependent mechanism may also be involved with 3 mM caffeine.
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PMID:Caffeine decreases malonyl-CoA in isolated perfused skeletal muscle of rats. 761 61

The activation of hepatic glycogen synthase by the amino-acid-induced cell swelling has been attributed to the stimulation of [glycogen-synthase]-phosphatase resulting from an increase in the intracellular content in glutamate and aspartate, and a decrease in intracellular Cl-, which is a compensatory response to cell swelling [Meijer, A. J., Baquet, A., Gustafson, L., van Woerkom, G. M. & Hue, L. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 5823-5828]. Here we studied whether the activation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase by cell swelling could be explained by the same mechanism. The activation of endogenous or purified acetyl-CoA carboxylase was measured in gel-filtered liver extracts or cytosols. No activation could be observed under basal conditions but a fivefold stimulation was obtained with concentrations of glutamate (20-25 mM) found in hepatocytes incubated with glutamine. A similar stimulation was also observed with other dicarboxylic acids such as malonate and succinate, or with metal ions like Mg2+, Ca2+ and Mn2+ (10 mM). The addition of 50-100 mM Cl- was found to inhibit the activation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase by some 20-30%. Mg2+ was also found to stimulate the activation of the endogenous glycogen synthase. The glutamate-stimulated and Mg(2+)-stimulated activation of glycogen synthase and acetyl-CoA carboxylase was unaffected by 10 microM inhibitor-2, a specific inhibitory protein of protein phosphatase-1, but could be nearly completely blocked by the phosphatase inhibitor microcystin-LR. Our data suggest that the amino-acid-induced activation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and glycogen synthase in the liver occurs by a common ionic mechanism.
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PMID:Mechanism of activation of liver acetyl-CoA carboxylase by cell swelling. 790 Oct 14

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) catalyzes the production of malonyl-CoA which may act as a metabolic coupling factor in nutrient-induced insulin release. We have studied the long term regulation of ACC by nutrients using the cell line INS-1. Glucose, from 5 to 20 mM, elicited a 15-fold increase in ACC mRNA. The effect was detected after 4 h and reached a maximum by 24 h. ACC protein accumulation followed that of ACC mRNA, and glucose did not modify the half-life of the ACC transcript. Glucose caused a dose-dependent rise in the glucose 6-phosphate content of INS-1 cells. 2-Deoxyglucose, which is phosphorylated by glucokinase but is not further metabolized, induced ACC mRNA. The effect of glucose was blocked by the glucokinase inhibitors mannoheptulose and glucosamine and was not mimicked by the 3-O-methyl or 6-deoxy analogues of glucose, which are not phosphorylated. Activation of the Ca2+, cAMP, and C-kinase pathways with high K+, forskolin, and phorbol 12-myristate 13 acetate, respectively, caused insulin release but not ACC mRNA induction. Basal insulin release, at 5 mM glucose, correlated with the ACC protein content of INS-1 cells preincubated for 24 h at various glucose concentrations. In conclusion, glucose is a potent inducer of the ACC gene, and glucose 6-phosphate may mediate its effect. Different signaling systems mediate the action of glucose on insulin release and ACC gene expression. The data strengthen the view that ACC plays a pivotal role in nutrient-induced insulin release.
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PMID:Glucose regulates acetyl-CoA carboxylase gene expression in a pancreatic beta-cell line (INS-1). 810 51

Incubation of rat hepatocytes with extracellular ATP inhibited acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) activity and fatty acid synthesis de novo, with a concomitant decrease of intracellular malonyl-CoA concentration. However, both carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase I (CPT-I) activity and ketogenesis from palmitate were inhibited in parallel by extracellular ATP. The inhibitory effect of extracellular ATP on ACC and CPT-I activities was not evident in Ca2+ -depleted hepatocytes. Incubation of hepatocytes with thapsigargin, 2,5-di-(t-butyl)-1,4-benzohydroquinone (BHQ), or A-23187, compounds that increase cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), depressed ACC activity, whereas CPT-I activity was unaffected. The phorbol ester 4 beta-phorbol 12 beta-myristate 13 alpha-acetate (PMA) increased ACC activity, whereas it decreased CPT-I activity in a nonaddictive manner with respect to extracellular ATP. The inhibitory effect of extracellular ATP on ACC activity was also evident in the presence of bisindolyl-maleimide, a specific inhibitor of protein kinase C (PKC), whereas this compound abolished the extracellular ATP-mediated inhibition of CPT-I. In addition, the PMA-induced inhibition of CPT-I was not potentiated by thapsigargin, BHQ, or A-23187. Results thus show 1) that the intracellular concentration of malonyl-CoA is not the factor responsible for the inhibition of hepatic long-chain fatty acid oxidation by extracellular ATP, and 2) that the inhibition of ACC by extracellular ATP may be mediated by an elevation of [Ca2+]i, whereas CPT-I may be inhibited by extracellular ATP through a PKC-dependent mechanism.
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PMID:Effects of extracellular ATP on hepatic fatty acid metabolism. 892 1

The intracellular concentration of free unbound acyl-CoA esters is tightly controlled by feedback inhibition of the acyl-CoA synthetase and is buffered by specific acyl-CoA binding proteins. Excessive increases in the concentration are expected to be prevented by conversion into acylcarnitines or by hydrolysis by acyl-CoA hydrolases. Under normal physiological conditions the free cytosolic concentration of acyl-CoA esters will be in the low nanomolar range, and it is unlikely to exceed 200 nM under the most extreme conditions. The fact that acetyl-CoA carboxylase is active during fatty acid synthesis (Ki for acyl-CoA is 5 nM) indicates strongly that the free cytosolic acyl-CoA concentration is below 5 nM under these conditions. Only a limited number of the reported experiments on the effects of acyl-CoA on cellular functions and enzymes have been carried out at low physiological concentrations in the presence of the appropriate acyl-CoA-buffering binding proteins. Re-evaluation of many of the reported effects is therefore urgently required. However, the observations that the ryanodine-senstitive Ca2+-release channel is regulated by long-chain acyl-CoA esters in the presence of a molar excess of acyl-CoA binding protein and that acetyl-CoA carboxylase, the AMP kinase kinase and the Escherichia coli transcription factor FadR are affected by low nanomolar concentrations of acyl-CoA indicate that long-chain acyl-CoA esters can act as regulatory molecules in vivo. This view is further supported by the observation that fatty acids do not repress expression of acetyl-CoA carboxylase or Delta9-desaturase in yeast deficient in acyl-CoA synthetase.
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PMID:Role of long-chain fatty acyl-CoA esters in the regulation of metabolism and in cell signalling. 917 66


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