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. 1987 Nov;85(3):792–795. doi: 10.1104/pp.85.3.792

β-Oxidation and Glyoxylate Cycle Coupled to NADH: Cytochrome c and Ferricyanide Reductases in Glyoxysomes 1

Robert P Donaldson 1, Tung K Fang 1,2
PMCID: PMC1054340  PMID: 16665778

Abstract

Glyoxysomes isolated from castor bean (Ricinus communis L., var Hale) endosperm had NADH:ferricyanide reductase and NADH:cytochrome c reductase activities averaging 720 and 140 nanomole electrons/per minute per milligram glyoxysomal protein, respectively. These redox activities were greater than could be attributed to contamination of the glyoxysomal fractions in which 1.4% of the protein was mitochondrial and 5% endoplasmic reticulum. The NADH:ferricyanide reductase activity in the glyoxysomes was greater than the palmitoyl-coenzyme A (CoA) oxidation activity which generated NADH at a rate of 340 nanomole electrons per minute per milligram glyoxysomal protein. Palmitoyl-CoA oxidation could be coupled to ferricyanide or cytochrome c reduction. Complete oxidation of palmitoyl-CoA, yielding 14 nanomole electrons/per nanomole palmitoyl-CoA, was demonstrated with the acceptors, NAL, cytochrome c, and ferricyanide. Malate was also oxidized by glyoxysomes, if acetyl-CoA, ferricyanide, or cytochrome c was present. Glyoxysomal NADH:ferricyanide reductase activity has the capacity to support the combined rates of NADH generation by β-oxidation and the glyoxylate cycle.

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