Intermediates during the fatty acyl CoA dehydrogenase catalyzed reduction of electron transfer flavoprotein (ETF) by fatty acyl CoA esters.
Intermediates during the fatty acyl CoA dehydrogenase catalyzed reduction of electron transfer flavoprotein (ETF) by fatty acyl CoA esters.
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脂肪酰辅酶 A 脱氢酶催化脂肪酰辅酶 A 酯还原电子转移黄素蛋白 (ETF) 过程中的中间体。
DOI:
10.1016/0006-291x(80)90576-8
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发表时间:
1980
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
J. McFarland
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作者:
J. Reinsch;B. Feinberg;J. McFarland
The reaction kinetics for the reduction of ETF by saturated fatty acyl CoA esters has traditionally been studied by dye assays utilizing transfer of electrons from the reduced FAD of ETF to 2, 6-Dichloroindophenol (DCI). We have found that it is preferable to use the natural fluorescence and absorbance properties of ETF itself in order to investigate both the steady state and single turnover reduction of ETF. Our investigations indicate formation of a red anionic semiquinone as an intermediate in the two electron reduction of ETF under steady state kinetic condition using butyryl CoA as substrate. Furthermore, V max E∼-6.0 sec− 1 calculated from steady state kinetic data for formation of this semiquinone observed from the increase in 370 nm absorbance or decrease in ETF fluorescence emission at 510 nm (the dehydrogenase catalyst does not fluoresce) is much faster than V max E∼-1.0 sec− 1 for hydroquinone formation. Even though DCI is a two electron acceptor, V max E∼-4.0 sec− 1 for butyryl CoA is limited by the rate of formation of ETF semiquinone, which must, therefore, transfer its single electron to DCI. Investigation of the extent of ETF reduction to semiquinone (measured from fluorescence) by a substrate which transfers electrons quantitatively to the dehydrogenase catalyst indicates that the overall stoichiometry is two electrons transferred to the two FAD flavins on the dimeric ETF molecule. Furthermore, hydroquinone is not formed from disproportionation of the ETF semiquinone dimer since formation of hydroquinone is not accompanied by the fluorescence increase predicted from such disproportionation.