Abstract
Leucoplasts were isolated from the endosperm of developing castor (Ricinis communis) endosperm using a discontinuous Percoll gradient. The rate of fatty acid synthesis was highest when malate was the precursor, at 155 nanomoles acetyl-CoA equivalents per milligram protein per hour. Pyruvate and acetate also were precursors of fatty acid synthesis, but the rates were approximately 4.5 and 120 times less, respectively, than when malate was the precursor. When acetate was supplied to leucoplasts, exogenous ATP, NADH, and NADPH were required to obtain maximal rates of fatty acid synthesis. In contrast, the incorporation of malate and pyruvate into fatty acids did not require a supply of exogenous reductant. Further, the incorporation of radiolabel into fatty acids by leucoplasts supplied with radiolabeled malate, pyruvate, or acetate was reduced upon coincubation with cold pyruvate or malate. The data suggest that malate and pyruvate may be good in vivo sources of carbon for fatty acid synthesis and that, in these preparations, leucoplast fatty acid synthesis may be limited by activity at or downstream of the acetyl-CoA carboxylase reaction.
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