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. 1988 May 1;251(3):881–885. doi: 10.1042/bj2510881

Enzymatically inactive forms of acetyl-CoA carboxylase in rat liver mitochondria.

J B Allred 1, C R Roman-Lopez 1
PMCID: PMC1149084  PMID: 2901259

Abstract

Biotinyl proteins were labelled by incubation of SDS-denatured preparations of subcellular fractions of rat liver with [14C]methylavidin before polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. Fluorographic analysis showed that mitochondria contained two forms of acetyl-CoA carboxylase [acetyl-CoA:carbon dioxide ligase (ADP-forming) EC 6.4.1.2], both of which were precipitated by antibody to the enzyme. When both forms were considered, almost three-quarters of the total liver acetyl-CoA carboxylase was found in the mitochondrial fraction of liver from fed rats while only 3.5% was associated with the microsomal fraction. The remainder was present in cytosol, either as the intact active enzyme or as a degradation product. The actual specific activity of the cytosolic enzyme was approx. 2 units/mg of acetyl-CoA carboxylase protein while that of the mitochondrial enzyme was about 20-fold lower, indicating that mitochondrial acetyl-CoA carboxylase was relatively inactive. Fractionation of mitochondria with digitonin showed that acetyl-CoA carboxylase was associated with the outer mitochondrial membrane. The available evidence suggests that mitochondrial acetyl-CoA carboxylase represents a reservoir of enzyme which can be released and activated under lipogenic conditions.

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