Inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase and pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphate phosphatase by glyoxylate |
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Authors: | Susan M Beatty Gordon A Hamilton |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 USA |
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Abstract: | The overall reaction catalyzed by the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex from rat epididymal fat tissue is inhibited by glyoxylate at concentrations greater than 10 μm. The inhibition is competitive with respect to pyruvate; Ki was found to be 80 μm. Qualitatively similar results were observed using pyruvate dehydrogenase from rat liver, kidney, and heart. Glyoxylate also inhibits the pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphate phosphatase from rat epididymal fat, with the inhibition being readily detectable using 50 μm glyoxylate. These effects of glyoxylate are largely reversed by millimolar concentrations of thiols (especially cysteine) because such compounds form relatively stable adducts with glyoxylate. Presumably these inhibitions by low levels of glyoxylate had not been previously observed, because others have used high concentrations of thiols in pyruvate dehydrogenase assays. Since the inhibitory effects are seen with suspected physiological concentrations, it seems likely that glyoxylate partially controls the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase in vivo. |
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