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. 1974 May;139(2):321–329. doi: 10.1042/bj1390321

Pig liver pyruvate carboxylase. The reaction pathway for the decarboxylation of oxaloacetate

Graham B Warren 1,*, Keith F Tipton 1
PMCID: PMC1166287  PMID: 4447613

Abstract

1. The reaction pathway for the decarboxylation of oxaloacetate, catalysed by pig liver pyruvate carboxylase, was studied in the presence of saturating concentrations of K+ and acetyl-CoA. 2. Free Mg2+ binds to the enzyme in an equilibrium fashion and remains bound during all further catalytic cycles. MgADP− and Pi bind randomly, at equilibrium, followed by the binding of oxaloacetate. Pyruvate is released before the ordered steay-state release of HCO3− and MgATP2−. 3. These results are entirely consistent with studies on the carboxylation of pyruvate presented in the preceding paper (Warren & Tipton, 1974b) and together they allow a quantitative description of the reaction mechanism of pig liver pyruvate carboxylase. 4. In the absence of other substrates of the back reaction pig liver pyruvate carboxylase will decarboxylate oxaloacetate in a manner that is not inhibited by avidin. 5. Reciprocal plots involving oxaloacetate are non-linear curves, which suggest a negatively co-operative interaction between this substrate and the enzyme.

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