Frog oocyte glycogen synthase: enzyme regulation under in vitro and in vivo conditions |
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Authors: | Báez Mauricio Preller Ana Ureta Tito |
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Institution: | Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, P.O. Box 653, Santiago, Chile. |
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Abstract: | Frog oocyte glycogen synthase properties differ significantly under in vitro or in vivo conditions. The K(mapp) for UDP-glucose in vivo was 1.4mM (in the presence or absence of glucose-6-P). The in vitro value was 6mM and was reduced by glucose-6-P to 0.8mM. Under both conditions (in vitro and in vivo) V(max) was 0.2 m Units per oocyte in the absence of glucose-6-P. V(max) in vivo was stimulated 2-fold by glucose-6-P, whereas, in vitro, a 10-fold increase was obtained. Glucose-6-P required for 50% activation in vivo was 15 microM and, depending on substrate concentrations, 50-100 microM in vitro. The prevailing enzyme obtained in vitro was the glucose-6-P-dependent form, which may be converted to the independent species by dephosphorylation. This transformation could not be observed in vivo. We suggest that enzyme activation by glucose-6-P in vivo is due to allosteric effects rather than to dephosphorylation of the enzyme. Regulatory mechanisms other than allosteric activation and covalent phosphorylation are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Glycogen synthase Frog oocytes In vivo studies |
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