Comparison of acetate- and pyruvate-dependent fatty-acid synthesis by spinach chloroplasts |
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Authors: | Jutta Springer Klaus-Peter Heise |
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Institution: | (1) Institut für Biochemie der Pflanze der Universität Göttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, D-3400 Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | In recent studies using intact chloroplasts of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) to investigate the accumulation of acetyl-CoA produced by the activity of either acetyl-CoA synthetase (EC 6.2.1.1) or the pyruvate-dehydrogenase complex, this product was not detectable. These results in combination with new information on the physiological levels of acetate and pyruvate in spinach chloroplasts (H.-J. Treede et al. 1986, Z. Naturforsch. 41 C, 733–740) prompted a reinvestigation of the incorporation of 1-14C] acetate and 2-14C] pyruvate into fatty acids at physiological concentrations.The K
m for the incorporation into fatty acids was about 0.1 mM for both metabolites and thus agreed with the values obtained by H.-J. Treede et al. (1986) for acetyl-CoA synthetase and the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. However, acetate was incorporated with a threefold higher V
max. Saturation for pyruvate incorporation into the fattyacid fraction was achieved only at physiological pyruvate concentrations (<1.0 mM). The diffusion kinetics observed at higher concentrations may be the result of contamination with derivates of the labeled substrate. Competition as well as double-labeling experiments with 3H]acetate and 2-14C]pyruvate support the notion that, at least in spinach, chloroplastic acetate is the preferred substrate for fatty-acid synthesis when both substrates are supplied concurrently (P.G. Roughan et al., 1979 b, Biochem. J. 184, 565–569).Experiments with spinach leaf discs confirmed the predominance of fatty-acid incorporation from acetate. Radioactivity from 1-14C]acetate appeared to accumulate in glycerolipids while that from 2-14C]pyruvate was apparently shifted in favor of the products of prenyl metabolism.Abbreviations Chl
chlorophyll
- TLC
thin-layer chromatography |
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Keywords: | Acetate-pyruvate metabolism Chloroplast (fatty acids) Fatty acid synthesis (leaf) Spinacia (fatty acids) |
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