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Additional binding sites for the pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase but not for protein X in the assembled core of the mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase complex: binding region for the kinase.

A standard resolution of the bovine kidney pyruvate dehydrogenase complex yields a subcomplex composed of approximately 60 dihydrolipoyl transacetylase (E2) subunits, approximately 6 protein X subunits, and approximately 2 pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase heterodimers (KcKb). Using a preparation of resolved kinase in which Kc much greater than Kb, E2-X-KcKb subcomplex additionally bound at least 15 catalytic subunits of the kinase (Kc) and a much lower level of Kb. The binding of Kc to E2 greatly enhanced kinase activity even at high levels of bound kinase. Free protein X, functional in binding the E3 component, did not bind to E2-X-KcKb subcomplex. This pattern of binding Kc but not protein X was unchanged either with a preparation of E2 oligomer greatly reduced in protein X or with subcomplex from which the lipoyl domain of protein X was selectively removed. The bound inner domain of protein X associated with the latter subcomplex did not exchange with free protein X. These data support the conclusion that E2 subunits bind the Kc subunit of the kinase and suggest that the binding of the inner domain of protein X to the inner domain of the transacetylase occurs during the assembly of the oligomeric core. Selective release of a fragment of E2 subunits that contain the lipoyl domains (E2L fragment) releases the kinase (M. Rahmatullah et al., 1990, J. Biol. Chem. 265, 14,512-14,517). Sucrose gradient centrifugation yielded an E2L-kinase fraction with an increased ratio of the kinase to E2L fragment. A monoclonal antibody specific for E2L was attached to a gel matrix. Binding of E2L fragment also led to specific binding of the kinase. Extensive washing did not reduce the level of bound kinase. Thus, the kinase is tightly bound by the lipoyl domain region of E2.

Acetyltransferases↗

Effect of mycoplasma infection on pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity of normal and pyruvate dehydrogenase complex-deficient fibroblasts.

The fermentative mycoplasmas A. laidlawii JS, M. hyorhinis DBS-50, M. hyorhinis GDL and M. pneumoniae FH have very high apparent activities of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) (EC 1.2.4.1) and pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHC). Infection of normal and PDHC-deficient fibroblasts with these mycoplasma species resulted in a marked increase of the specific activity of these two enzymes, and under certain conditions could conceal the enzymatic defect. The non-fermentative mycoplasmas M. salivarium VV and M. arthritidis PG-6 have very low apparent activities of these two enzymes. Normal fibroblasts infected with non-fermentative mycoplasmas could appear as deficient in these two enzymes. The degree of interference depends on the number of mycoplasmas associated with the harvested cells. Besides the mycoplasma species, this depends (1) on the duration of infection which determines mycoplasmal titers and also can have a killing effect on both host cells and/or mycoplasmas; (2) harvest of the cells by scraping or trypsinization; (3) centrifugal force used in the collection of the cells; (4) washing and the inherent mechanical treatment; and (5) other possibilities.

Acholeplasma laidlawii↗

A thiamin diphosphate binding fold revealed by comparison of the crystal structures of transketolase, pyruvate oxidase and pyruvate decarboxylase.

BACKGROUND: The crystal structures of three thiamin diphosphate-dependent enzymes that catalyze distinct reactions in basic metabolic pathways are known. These enzymes--transketolase, pyruvate oxidase and pyruvate decarboxylase--also require metal ions such as Ca2+ and Mg2+ as cofactors and have little overall sequence similarity. Here, the crystal structures of these three enzymes are compared. RESULTS: The three enzymes share a similar pattern of binding of thiamin diphosphate and the metal ion cofactors. The enzymes function as multisubunit proteins, with each polypeptide chain folded into three alpha/beta domains. Two of these domains are involved in binding of the thiamin diphosphate and the metal ion. These domains have the same topology of six parallel beta-strands and surrounding alpha-helices. The thiamin diphosphate is bound in a cleft, formed by two domains from two different subunits. Only a few residues are conserved in all three enzymes and these are responsible for proper binding of the cofactors. CONCLUSIONS: Despite considerable differences in quaternary structure and lack of overall sequence homology, thiamin diphosphate binds to the three enzymes in a very similar fashion, and a general thiamin-binding fold can be revealed.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Lipoyl domain-based mechanism for the integrated feedback control of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex by enhancement of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase activity.

To conserve carbohydrate reserves, the reaction of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) must be down-regulated when the citric acid cycle is provided sufficient acetyl-CoA. PDC activity is reduced primarily through increased phosphorylation of its pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1) component due to E1 kinase activity being markedly enhanced by elevated intramitochondrial NADH:NAD+ and acetyl-CoA:CoA ratios. A mechanism is evaluated in which enhanced kinase activity is facilitated by the build-up of the reduced and acetylated forms of the lipoyl moieties of the dihydrolipoyl acetyltransferase (E2) component through using NADH and acetyl-CoA in the reverse of the downstream reactions of the complex. Using a peptide substrate, kinase activity was stimulated by these products, ruling out the possibility kinase activity is increased due to changes in the reaction state of its substrate, E1 (thiamin pyrophosphate). Each E2 subunit contains two lipoyl domains, an NH2-terminal (L1) and the inward lipoyl domain (L2), which were individually produced in fully lipoylated forms by recombinant techniques. Although reduction and acetylation of the L1 domain or free lipoamide increased kinase activity, those modifications of the lipoate of the kinase-binding L2 domain gave much greater enhancements of kinase activity. The large stimulation of the kinase generated by acetyl-CoA only occurred upon addition of the transacetylase-catalyzing (lipoyl domain-free) inner core portion of E2 plus a reduced lipoate source, affirming that acetylation of this prosthetic group is an essential mechanistic step for acetyl-CoA enhancing kinase activity. Similarly, the lesser stimulation of kinase activity by just NADH required a lipoate source, supporting the need for lipoate reduction by E3 catalysis. Complete enzymatic delipoylation of PDC, the E2-kinase subcomplex, or recombinant L2 abolished the stimulatory effects of NADH and acetyl-CoA. Retention of a small portion of PDC lipoates lowered kinase activity but allowed stimulation of this residual kinase activity by these products. Reintroduction of lipoyl moieties, using lipoyl protein ligase, restored the capacity of the E2 core to support high kinase activity along with stimulation of that activity up to 3-fold by NADH and acetyl-CoA. As suggested by those results, the enhancement of kinase activity is very responsive to reductive acetylation with a half-maximal stimulation achieved with approximately 20% of free L2 acetylated and, from an analysis of previous results, with acetylation of only 3-6 of the 60 L2 domains in intact PDC. Based on these findings, we suggest that kinase stimulation results from modification of the lipoate of an L2 domain that becomes specifically engaged in binding the kinase. In conclusion, kinase activity is attenuated through a substantial range in response to modest changes in the proportion of oxidized, reduced, and acetylated lipoyl moieties of the L2 domain of E2 produced by fluctuations in the NADH:NAD+ and acetyl-CoA:CoA ratios as translated by the rapid and reversible E3 and E2 reactions.

Acetyl Coenzyme A↗

Purification of bovine kidney and heart pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase on Sepharose derivatized with the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex.

Pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase has been purified to apparent homogeneity from mitochondrial extracts of both beef heart and beef kidney. An essential step in this three-step purification is affinity chromatography of a largely purified phosphatase fraction using Sepharose beads to which pyruvate dehydrogenase complex is covalently bound through the lipoic acid residues of the dihydrolipoyl transacetylase component of the complex. The purified phosphatase, which has a native relative molecular mass, Mr, of about 140000, is composed of two nonidentical subunits of Mr 89000 and 49000.

Animals↗

In situ nucleic acid hybridization of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex-E2 in primary biliary cirrhosis: pyruvate dehydrogenase complex-E2 messenger RNA is expressed in hepatocytes but not in biliary epithelium.

Pyruvate dehydrogenase-E2, or a cross-reactive molecule, has been shown by a variety of immunohistochemical methods to be present in increased amounts in biliary epithelial cells (BEC) in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). In this study, to further understand the nature of the immunoreactive molecule in BEC, we examined the expression of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex-E2 (PDC-E2) messenger RNA (mRNA) and PDC-E2 protein in sections of livers from patients and controls to help identify the molecule found in BEC. We performed in situ hybridization using an antisense probe against the major epitope of PDC-E2. The data were very striking and suggested that there was no increased production of PDC-E2 in BEC. For example, in livers from patients with PBC, PDC-E2 mRNA was found in periportal hepatocytes in 16 of 17 cases (94%). In contrast, interlobular bile ducts and septal bile ducts had detectable levels of PDC-E2 mRNA in only 1 of 17 (6%) and 3 of 8 (38%) cases, respectively. Interestingly, proliferating bile ductules contained detectable levels of mRNA in 12 of 15 cases (80%). In control liver, periportal hepatocytes were positive in 15 of 17 cases (88%). Interlobular bile ducts, septal bile ducts, and proliferating bile ductules expressed mRNA signals in 4 of 17 (24%), 2 of 10 (20%), and 14 of 16 (88%), respectively. When formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections were examined by immunohistochemical staining with anti-PDC-E2 monoclonal antibody (mAb) C355.1, the interlobular bile ducts showed typical aberrant apical staining in all 10 PBC cases, but 0 of 9 liver controls. Periportal hepatocytes, proliferating bile ductules and infiltrating mononuclear cells stained with C355.1 but in a characteristic mitochondrial staining pattern. The presence of a PDC-E2-like molecule recognized by C355.1 is not reflected by the expression levels of PDC-E2 mRNA in the BEC of patients with PBC.

Bile Ducts↗

Normalisation of red blood cell pyruvate kinase in pyruvate kinase deficiency by riboflavin treatment.

A patient with an erythrocyte glutathione reductase activity of 50% of the normal value and an abnormal pyruvate kinase (PK) was given 36 mg riboflavin daily for 6 months. The glutathione reductase activity was restored and the abnormal pyruvate kinase was converted to normal. The clinical state of the patient improved. It can be concluded that the abnormality of PK, at least with this patient, is a secondary effect. Therefore, it is suggested that other abnormalities be searched for when an altered PK is detected. Treatment of this abnormality will help the patients more efficiently.

Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors↗

A monomeric form of pyruvate kinase in human pyruvate kinase deficiency.

A mutant pyruvate kinase (ATP:pyruvate 2-O-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.40) from human erythrocytes which is easily separated into monomers and dimers by gel chromatography is described. Tht mutant enzyme shows almost the same pH optimum and thermostability as normal enzyme, but has a decreased stability on shaking with air, a decreased Km for phosphoenolpyruvate and a loss of allosteric properties. The apparent Km values for phosphoenolpyruvate of tetramers and monomers were the same. The tetrameric enzyme was slightly activated by fructose-1,6-diphosphate but the monomeric form was not. The tetrameric enzyme was found to dissociate spontaneously to dimeric and monomeric forms.

Adenosine Diphosphate↗

Pyruvate kinase isozymes in various tissues of rat, and increase of spleen-type pyruvate kinase in liver by injecting chromatins from spleen and tumor.

Pyruvate kinase [EC 2.7.1.40] in various tissues of rats was separable into seven kinds of pI-isozymes by isoelectric separation with Ampholine carrier ampholytes; pI 5.4-isozyme, pI 5.6-isozyme, pI 6.2-isozyme (2 kinds), pI 6.6-isozyme, pI 7.4-isozyme, and pI 7.8-isozyme. Some of these pI-isozymes contained bound fructose 1,6-diphosphate (FDP). The bound FDP was completely dissociated when the pI-isozymes were salted out with ammonium sulfate. In the FDP-free form, pyruvate kinase was classified into three types, liver-type (type L) of pI 6.2, muscle-type (type M) of pI 7.4, and spleen-type (type M2) of pI 7.8. The liver-type isoenzyme had two kinds of FDP-binding sites; the pI 5.6-isozyme and pI 5.4-isozyme were obtained when one and two kinds of sites were bound with FDP, respectively. The association and dissociation of FDP at both sites were reversible in the presence and absence of 0.15 M KC1 (high ionic strength). The muscle-type isoenzyme had no FDP-binding site. The spleen-type isoenzyme had two kinds of FDP-binding sites, like the liver-type isoenzyme. When the ionic strength of solutions containing the enzyme and FDP was sufficiently low, one and two kinds of the sites could bind with FDP, converting the enzyme into pI 6.6-isozyme and pI 6.2-isozyme, respectively. FDP bound with one kind of site (the 2nd site) was easily dissociable, but FDP bound with the other kind of site (the 1st site) was not. Provided that the 1st site carried bound FDP, the 2nd site was associable at high ionic strength. The liver-type isoenzyme free of FDP and the spleen-type isoenzyme bound with FDP at both sites had similar pI values of 6.2 and were not separable by isoelectric separation. Some properties of these pI-isozymes were compared. When Rhodamine sarcoma was transplanted in rats, the content of spleen-type isoenzyme in the livers increased. When rats were injected with chromatin prepared from either Rhodamine sarcoma or spleen, the content of spleen-type isoenzyme in the livers again increased. This was not observed on the injection of chromatin prepared from liver, indicating that the factor capable of controlling the gene expression was present in chromatins of sarcoma and spleen but barely or not at all in chromatin of liver.

Animals↗

Molecular and phylogenetic characterization of pyruvate and 2-ketoisovalerate ferredoxin oxidoreductases from Pyrococcus furiosus and pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase from Thermotoga maritima.

Previous studies have shown that the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus contains four distinct cytoplasmic 2-ketoacid oxidoreductases (ORs) which differ in their substrate specificities, while the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima contains only one, pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase (POR). These enzymes catalyze the synthesis of the acyl (or aryl) coenzyme A derivative in a thiamine PPi-dependent oxidative decarboxylation reaction with reduction of ferredoxin. We report here on the molecular analysis of the POR (por) and 2-ketoisovalerate ferredoxin oxidoreductase (vor) genes from P. furiosus and of the POR gene from T. maritima, all of which comprise four different subunits. The operon organization for P. furiosus POR and VOR was porG-vorDAB-porDAB, wherein the gamma subunit is shared by the two enzymes. The operon organization for T. maritima POR was porGDAB. The three enzymes were 46 to 53% identical at the amino acid level. Their delta subunits each contained two ferredoxin-type [4Fe-4S] cluster binding motifs (CXXCXXCXXXCP), while their beta subunits each contained four conserved cysteines in addition to a thiamine PPi-binding domain. Amino-terminal sequence comparisons show that POR, VOR, indolepyruvate OR, and 2-ketoglutarate OR of P. furiosus all belong to a phylogenetically homologous OR family. Moreover, the single-subunit pyruvate ORs from mesophilic and moderately thermophilic bacteria and from an amitochondriate eucaryote each contain four domains which are phylogenetically homologous to the four subunits of the hyperthermophilic ORs (27% sequence identity). Three of these subunits are also homologous to the dimeric POR from a mesophilic archaeon, Halobacterium halobium (21% identity). A model is proposed to account for the observed phenotypes based on genomic rearrangements of four ancestral OR subunits.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Comparative study of human M2-type pyruvate kinases isolated from human leukocytes and erythrocytes of a patient with red cell pyruvate kinase hyperactivity.

M2-type pyruvate kinases (M2-PK) have been isolated from human leukocytes and from the erythrocytes of a patient with erythrocyte PK hyperactivity. The kinetic characteristics of the patient erythrocyte M2-PK were similar to those of leukocyte M2-PK except for the Hill coefficient of phosphoenol pyruvate kinetics that showed little difference in the values. The patient erythrocyte M2-PK displayed complete immunological identity with leukocyte M2-PK in immunodiffusion, immunoblotting and immunoneutralization. The sensitivity to proteolysis by trypsin and the electrophoretic migration in different conditions were similar for the M2-PK of both origins. These results suggest an identity between this M2-PK abnormally present in erythrocytes and the M2-PK from leukocytes.

Chromatography, Ion Exchange↗

Subunit associations in the mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. Structure and role of protein X and the pyruvate dehydrogenase component binding domain of the dihydrolipoyl transacetylase component.

We have further distinguished the structures and roles of the two lipoyl-bearing components of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, the dihydrolipoyl transacetylase (E2) component and the component designated as protein X. The amino acid sequences of the NH2-terminal regions of the lipoyl-bearing domain of the E2 component and protein X are different but related. The dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase (E3) component but not the pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1) component protected protein X against proteolytic degradation by trypsin and protease Arg C. Protein X-specific polyclonal antibodies inhibit reconstitution of the overall reaction catalyzed by the complex (E2-X subcomplex recombined with the E1 and E3 components). The rate of development of this inhibition was reduced by pretreatment of E2-X subcomplex with the E3 component. These data strongly suggest the E3 component associates with protein X. The E1 component (an alpha 2 beta 2 tetramer), but not the E3 component, reduced trypsin cleavage of E2 subunits at 4 degrees C and altered the patterns of cleavage at 22 degrees C. At 22 degrees C a large (Mr congruent to 49,000) outer domain (E2LB) of the E2 component was produced. E2LB had the same NH2-terminal amino acid sequence as the smaller (Mr congruent to 38,000) lipoyl-bearing domain (E2L). E2LB, in contrast to E2L, interacted with both the E1 component and the beta subunit of the E1 component. Thus the E1 component is bound through an E1-binding domain that is located in E2 subunits between the inner domain and the outer, lipoyl-bearing domain.

Acetyltransferases↗

Mutation analysis of the pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 alpha gene in eight patients with a pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency.

Most of the mutations causing deficiency of the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex are in the X-linked E1 alpha gene. We have developed a rapid screening method for the detection of mutations in this gene using reverse transcription of total RNA, polymerase chain reaction amplification of the whole coding region of the gene and single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis. With this method, we studied eight patients with a PDH complex deficiency, using cultured fibroblasts. In all patients, aberrant SSCP patterns were found and, after sequencing of the corresponding fragments, we were able to identify six new mutations and two mutations already described previously. The mutations are point mutations leading to amino acid substitutions (5) and direct repeat insertions (3). The presence of the mutations was confirmed in genomic fibroblast DNA. The 4 female patients were shown to carry both a normal and a mutated E1 alpha gene.

Base Sequence↗

Mutations in the X-linked E1 alpha subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase: exon skipping, insertion of duplicate sequence, and missense mutations leading to the deficiency of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex.

Human pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH)-complex deficiency is an inborn error of metabolism that is extremely heterogeneous in its presentation and clinical course. In a study of 14 patients (7 females and 7 males), we have found a mutation in the coding region of the E1 alpha gene in all 14 patients. Two female patients had the same 7-bp deletion at nt 927; another female patient had a 3-bp deletion at nt 931. Another female patient was found to have a deletion of exon 6 in her cDNA. Two other female patients were found to have insertions, one of 13 bp at nt 981 and one of 46 bp at nucleotide 1078. Two male patients were found to have a 4-bp insertion at nucleotide 1163. The remaining six patients all had missense mutations. A male patient and a female patient both had an A1133G mutation. The other missense mutations were C214T, C615A, and C787G (two patients). Five of these mutations are novel mutations, five have been previously reported in other patients, and two were published observations in other patients in an E1 alpha-mutation summary. In the four cases where parent DNA was available, only one mother was found to be a carrier of the same mutation as her child.

Base Sequence↗

Pyruvate formate-lyase (inactive form) and pyruvate formate-lyase activating enzyme of Escherichia coli: isolation and structural properties.

The catalytically active form (Ea) of pyruvate formate-lyase in Escherichia coli cells is generated from an inactive form of the enzyme (Ei) through a post-translational process that requires a distinct activating enzyme and is linked to the cleavage of adenosylmethionine to methionine and 5'-deoxyadenosine. Ei and the activating enzyme were purified to homogeneity and structurally characterized. Ei has an alpha 2 oligomeric structure (2 X 85 kDa) and contains no cofactor. The amino acid composition has been determined. Out of a total of six cysteinyl residues per subunit, one shows an unusually fast reaction with iodoacetate (k2 = 7 (M-1 s-1) at pH 6.8, 30 degrees C), which is accompanied by loss of the activatability of the enzyme. The 1500-fold purified activating enzyme is a monomeric protein of 30 kDa. It contains a covalently bound, as yet unidentified chromophoric factor which has an optical absorption peak at 388 nm. Further studies of the in situ state of pyruvate formate-lyase detected a reversible backconversion of the active form Ea into Ei when anaerobic cells become nutrient-depleted.

Acetyltransferases↗

Primary structures of Escherichia coli pyruvate formate-lyase and pyruvate-formate-lyase-activating enzyme deduced from the DNA nucleotide sequences.

The structural gene of pyruvate formate-lyase (pfl) and that of pyruvate-formate-lyase-activating enzyme were shown to be adjacent on the chromosomal map of Escherichia coli. DNA sequencing was performed along a stretch of 3592 nucleotides to obtain the amino acid sequences of both proteins. The derived primary structures (759 and 245 residues) were confirmed by partial structure analyses on the purified proteins. The open reading frames are separated by a 194-nucleotide stretch, and their flanking regions include signal elements that are compatible with separate control of protein synthesis from the two genes.

Acetyltransferases↗

Identity of rat liver mitochondrial asparagine-pyruvate transaminase with phenylalanine-pyruvate transaminase.

Identification of rat liver mitochondrial asparagine-pyruvate transaminase with phenylalanine-pyruvate transaminase has been done. When a mitochondria extract was subjected to isoelectric focusing, the two enzyme activities were identically focused. This procedure and DEAE-Sepharose chromatography revealed multiple forms of the enzyme, in which the main form was purified. In the various purification steps the two enzyme activities appeared in the same fraction. The enzyme of the final preparation step gave a single band in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence and absence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. During the purification, a similar increase of the specific activity and yield were obtained in the two activities. Phenylalanine was found to be a competitive inhibitor of asparagine transaminase. These results suggest the identity of the two enzymes.

Animals↗

Interaction of the chiral pyruvate analog, 2-keto-3-bromobutyrate, with pyruvate lyases. 2-Keto-3-deoxygluconate-6-phosphate aldolase of Pseudomonas putida.

The enzyme 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate-6-P aldolase of Pseudomonas putida is inactivated by one of the chiral forms of 2-keto-(3RS)-3-bromobutyric acid (bromoketobutyrate). The inactivation shows saturation kinetics and competition with pyruvate. The minimal inactivation half-time is 4 min and that concentration of bromoketobutyrate half-saturating the enzyme is 2 mM. (3RS)-[3-3H]bromoketobutyrate is catalytically detritiated during enzyme inactivation. A kinetic analysis of rates gave data consistent with both catalysis and inactivation occurring at a single protein site, the catalytic site. The enzyme only detritiates one of the two optical isomers of bromoketobutyrate, and that form which is detritiated also alkylates the catalytic site. The inactive isomer of reagent degrades, with inversion, to L-lactate so that the chiral form specific for the enzyme is 2-keto-(3S)-3-bromobutyrate. Thus, as is the case with bromopyruvate, the enzyme catalyzes protonation of the re face at C-3 of the enzyme-reagent eneamine. As a result, bromoketobutyrate could serve as a chiral probe for stereochemical constraints of selected pyruvate-specific lyase active sites.

Aldehyde-Lyases↗