Purification, characterization, and mass spectrometric sequencing of a medium chain acyl-CoA synthetase from mouse liver mitochondria and comparisons with the homologues of rat and bovine |
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Authors: | Kasuya Fumiyo Tatsuki Takao Ohta Masayuki Kawai Yuich Igarashi Kazuo |
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Affiliation: | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe-Gakuin University, Ikawadani, Nishiku, Japan. kasuya@pharm.kobegakuin.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | Medium chain acyl-CoA synthetases catalyze the first reaction of amino acid conjugation of many xenobiotic carboxylic acids and fatty acid metabolism. This paper reports studies on purification, characterization, and the partial amino acid sequence of mouse liver enzyme. The medium chain acyl-CoA synthetase was isolated from mouse liver mitochondria. The purified enzyme catalyzes this reaction not only for straight medium chain fatty acids but also for aromatic and arylacetic acids. Maximal activity was found with hexanoic acid. High activities were obtained with benzoic acid having methyl, pentyl, and methoxy groups in the para- or meta-positions of the benzene ring. However, the enzyme was less active with valproic acid and ketoprofen. Salicylic acid exhibited no activity. The medium chain acyl-CoA synthetases from mouse and bovine liver mitochondria were subjected to in-gel tryptic digestion, followed by LC-MS/MS sequence analysis. The amino acid sequence of each tryptic peptide of mouse liver mitochondrial medium chain acyl-CoA synthetase differed from that from bovine liver mitochondria only in one or two amino acids. LC-MS/MS analysis provided the information about these differences in amino acid sequences. In addition, we compared the properties of this protein with the homologues from rat and bovine. |
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Keywords: | Medium chain acyl-CoA synthetase Substrate specificity Mouse liver mitochondria Amino acid sequence LC-ESI-MS/MS |
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