Abstract：
:It is known that aconitase from mammalian mitochondria is only partially active as isolated but may be activated by incubation with iron, ascorbate, and a thiol, or with dithionite. It has been suggested that the added Fe in the activation mixture is essential for activation and that it is incorporated in the enzyme [Villafranca, J. J., & Mildvan, A. S. (1971) J. Biol. Chem. 246, 772-779; Gawron, O., Waheed, A., Glaid, A. J., & Jaklitsch, A. (1974) Biochem. J. 139, 709-714]. However, it is shown in this paper that, when the enzyme has a full complement of 3Fe and 3S, full activation is reached coulometrically, without iron or other chemical reducing agents. It is clear, therefore, that the role of activators is to reduce the iron--sulfur cluster of the enzyme. The appearance of catalytic activity on reduction of the cluster shows a pronounced lag, as does the decay of activity after reoxidizing the cluster. This suggests that catalytic activity requires a conformational change in the protein which is initiated by reduction of the cluster and that, following reoxidation, activity disappears only after the inactive conformation is assumed. Citrate and the competitive inhibitor trans-aconitate are bound to a comparable extent to the active and inactive forms, but only the active form can bind 1-hydroxy-2-nitro-1,3-propanedicarboxylic acid, a transition-state analogue. This is interpreted to show that in the inactive state aconitase cannot enter the conformation it assumes in the transition state during catalysis.
journal_name
Biochemistryjournal_title
Biochemistryauthors
Ramsay RR,Dreyer JL,Schloss JV,Jackson RH,Coles CJ,Beinert H,Cleland WW,Singer TPdoi
10.1021/bi00529a023subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1981-12-22 00:00:00pages
7476-82issue
26eissn
0006-2960issn
1520-4995journal_volume
20pub_type
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