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. 1995 Sep 15;310(Pt 3):989–995. doi: 10.1042/bj3100989

Solubilization and separation of two distinct carnitine acyltransferases from hepatic microsomes: characterization of the malonyl-CoA-sensitive enzyme.

N M Broadway 1, E D Saggerson 1
PMCID: PMC1135993  PMID: 7575437

Abstract

Conditions have been developed for the solubilization of hepatic microsomal carnitine acyltransferase activity in good yield, with excellent long-term stability and with retention of malonyl-CoA sensitivity. Solubilized microsomal carnitine acyltransferase activity can be separated into malonyl-CoA-sensitive and -insensitive activities either by gel filtration on Superdex 200 or by anion-exchange chromatography on Resource Q. On gel filtration the apparent molecular masses of the malonyl-CoA-sensitive and -insensitive activities are approx. 300 kDa and 60 kDa respectively. The malonyl-CoA-sensitive and -insensitive activities have different fatty-acyl-chain-length specificities and different stabilities in the detergent octyl glucoside. Together these findings indicate that the malonyl-CoA-sensitive and -insensitive activities are due to different enzymes. The malonyl-CoA sensitivity of the inhibitable enzyme is markedly increased on reconstitution into soybean L-alpha-lecithin liposomes, demonstrating that phospholipids play a crucial role in the inhibition by this metabolite. Evidence is also provided that the malonyl-CoA-sensitive microsomal carnitine acyltransferase is a different enzyme from the malonyl-CoA-sensitive carnitine palmitoyltransferase found in the mitochondrial outer membrane. The possible physiological role of the two microsomal acyltransferases is discussed.

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