Active-site-directed inhibition of carnitine acetyltransferase |
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Authors: | Vasudevan Venkatraghavan Daniel J Smith |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Methoxycarbonyl-CoA disulfide has been used as an active-site-directed inhibitor of carnitine acetyltransferase. Stoichiometric addition of methoxycarbonyl-CoA disulfide to carnitine acetyltransferase showed the modification of one sulfhydryl group with concomitant loss of about 80% enzyme activity. The rate of modification of this sulfhydryl group is an order of magnitude faster than that of the remaining sulfhydryl groups in the enzyme. Methoxycarbonyl-CoA disulfide inactivation is biphasic: k1 = 1.09 × 102m?1s?1, k2 = 1.1 × 101m?1s?1. This modification, Enz-SS-CoA is covalent; it can be reversed with either dithioerythritol or thiocholine. Acetyl-carnitine and acetyl-CoA protected the enzyme against methoxycarbonyl-CoA disulfide inactivation; however, carnitine did not. These results indicate the presence of a sulfhydryl group in carnitine acetyltransferase at the site of acetyl group transfer. Titration of carnitine acetyltransferase with nonspecific sulfhydryl reagents, DTNB, and ?-nitrophenoxycarbonyl methyl disulfide, revealed that four sulfhydryl groups were preferentially modified by these reagents. The results also show that seven other sulfhydryl groups are available for modification. |
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