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Yuan Y, Kadiyala CS, Ching TT, Hakimi P, Saha S, Xu H, Yuan C, Mullangi V, Wang L, Fivenson E, Hanson RW, Ewing R, Hsu AL, Miyagi M, Feng Z. Enhanced energy metabolism contributes to the extended life span of calorie-restricted Caenorhabditis elegans. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:31414-26. [PMID: 22810224 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.377275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Caloric restriction (CR) markedly extends life span and improves the health of a broad number of species. Energy metabolism fundamentally contributes to the beneficial effects of CR, but the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for this effect remain enigmatic. A multidisciplinary approach that involves quantitative proteomics, immunochemistry, metabolic quantification, and life span analysis was used to determine how CR, which occurs in the Caenorhabditis elegans eat-2 mutants, modifies energy metabolism of the worm, and whether the observed modifications contribute to the CR-mediated physiological responses. A switch to fatty acid metabolism as an energy source and an enhanced rate of energy metabolism by eat-2 mutant nematodes were detected. Life span analyses validated the important role of these previously unknown alterations of energy metabolism in the CR-mediated longevity of nematodes. As observed in mice, the overexpression of the gene for the nematode analog of the cytosolic form of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase caused a marked extension of the life span in C. elegans, presumably by enhancing energy metabolism via an altered rate of cataplerosis of tricarboxylic acid cycle anions. We conclude that an increase, not a decrease in fuel consumption, via an accelerated oxidation of fuels in the TCA cycle is involved in life span regulation; this mechanism may be conserved across phylogeny.
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- Yiyuan Yuan
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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MICHINAKA YASUNARI, SHIMAUCHI TOSHITSUGU, AKI TSUNEHIRO, NAKAJIMA TOSHIAKI, KAWAMOTO SEIJI, SHIGETA SEIKO, SUZUKI OSAMU, ONO KAZUHISA. Extracellular Secretion of Free Fatty Acids by Disruption of a Fatty Acyl-CoA Synthetase Gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biosci Bioeng 2003. [DOI: 10.1263/jbb.95.435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Luo YS, Nicaud JM, Van Veldhoven PP, Chardot T. The acyl-CoA oxidases from the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica: characterization of Aox2p. Arch Biochem Biophys 2002; 407:32-8. [PMID: 12392712 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9861(02)00466-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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One of the acyl-CoA oxidases from the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, acyl-CoA oxidase 2 (Aox2p), has been expressed in Escherichia coli as an active, N-terminally tagged (His)(6) fusion protein. The specific activity of the purified enzyme, containing FAD, was 19.7 micromolmin(-1)mg(-1) using myristoyl-CoA as substrate. Using substrates with different chain lengths and different substituents, its kinetic properties were further analyzed. Straight-chain acyl-CoAs, with a chain length of 10-14C, are well oxidized, reflecting the properties of Aox2p as deduced from in vivo studies. Acyl-CoAs containing more than 14C were also desaturated, if their concentration was below 25 microM or if proteins capable of binding these CoA-esters, such as albumin or beta-casein, were added to the assay. These long-chain acyl-CoAs, although poor substrates, acted as competitors for the short- and medium-chain substrates. Compared to palmitoyl-CoA, activity toward hexadecadioyl-CoA, containing a omega-carboxy group, was similar. Taken together, these data suggest that micelles of long-chain acyl-CoAs are able to bind and inhibit Aox2p. The enzyme was also active toward acyl-CoA-esters containing a 2-methyl group, but only the 2S isomer was recognized.
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- Yi Shan Luo
- Laboratoire de Chimie Biologique, INRA INA-PG, Centre de Biotechnologie Agro-Industrielle, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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Luo YS, Wang HJ, Gopalan KV, Srivastava DK, Nicaud JM, Chardot T. Purification and characterization of the recombinant form of Acyl CoA oxidase 3 from the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. Arch Biochem Biophys 2000; 384:1-8. [PMID: 11147819 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.2079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Acyl CoA dependent oxidase 3 (Aox3p) from the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica, expressed in Escherichia coli, as an active protein with a 6 His tag at its N-terminal region has been purified to electrophoretic homogeneity. The purified enzyme exhibits a specific activity of 1.95 microM/min/mg using hexanoyl-CoA as substrate, and it remains active for at least 1 month upon storage at -30 degrees C in the presence of 35% (V/V) glycerol. The pH and temperature optima of the enzyme are 7.4 and 28-38 degrees C, respectively. Aox3p catalyzes the oxidation of both aliphatic acyl-CoA substrates of different chain lengths (e.g., hexanoyl-CoA, decanoyl-CoA, myristyl-CoA) as well as of the aromatic/heterocyclic ring-substituted chromogenic substrates, such as furylpropionyl-CoA. Of the above substrates, the efficiency of the enzyme, as judged by its kcat to Km ratio, exhibits the following order: decanoyl CoA > myristyl CoA > hexanoyl CoA > furyl-propionyl-CoA (FPCoA). Phenol, which is normally used in the coupled assay system for monitoring the H2O2 formation, functions as both an activator (at low concentrations) and a competitive inhibitor (at high concentrations) with respect to acyl-CoA substrates. The magnitude of activation and inhibition of the enzyme is dependent on the nature of the acyl-CoA substrates.
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- Y S Luo
- Laboratoire de Chimie Biologique, INRA-CNRS, Centre de Biotechnologie Agro-Industrielle, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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Gopalan KV, Srivastava DK. Inhibition of acyl-CoA oxidase by phenol and its implication in measurement of the enzyme activity via the peroxidase-coupled assay system. Anal Biochem 1997; 250:44-50. [PMID: 9234897 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1997.2186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Yeast (Candida tropicalis) acyl-CoA oxidase catalyzes the oxidation of a variety of acyl-CoA substrates to their corresponding alpha-beta enoyl-CoA products, with concomitant reduction of the buffer-dissolved O2 to H2O2. By utilizing indolepropionyl-CoA as a chromogenic substrate, we could measure the enzyme activity either directly by monitoring formation of the reaction product indoleacryloyl-CoA (lambda(max) = 367 nm) or indirectly by measuring the formation of H2O2 via the oxidative-coupled assay system, involving 4-aminoantipyrine, phenol, and horseradish peroxidase. We compared the rates of the enzyme catalysis by the above two methods. The experimental data revealed that the rate measured via the direct method was about twofold higher than that measured by the coupled-assay system. The above difference was found to be due to the inhibition of the enzyme by phenol, one of the reagents of the coupled assay system. The inhibitory role of phenol is not unique for indolepropionyl-CoA as substrate, but is also evident with aliphatic acyl-CoA substrates of varied chain lengths. Since the magnitude of inhibition is dependent on the nature of the acyl-CoA substrate, it is suggested that the coupled-reaction conditions must be carefully standardized with individual substrates. Some tips on standardizing the reaction conditions for quantitative measurement of the acyl-CoA oxidase-catalyzed reaction are offered.
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- K V Gopalan
- Biochemistry Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo 58105, USA
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Van Veldhoven PP, Van Rompuy P, Fransen M, De Béthune B, Mannaerts GP. Large-scale purification and further characterization of rat pristanoyl-CoA oxidase. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1994; 222:795-801. [PMID: 8026493 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.tb18926.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The elution of pristanoyl-CoA oxidase from butyl-Sepharose required unusually high concentrations of ethylene glycol, enabling the large-scale purification of this oxidase in a single chromatographic step. The enzyme, the native molecular mass of which was estimated previously at 415 kDa by gel filtration (Van Veldhoven, P.P., Vanhove, G., Vanhoutte, F., Dacremont, G., Eyssen, H. J. & Mannaerts, G. P. (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 24676-24683), migrated as a 513-kDa protein during native gel electrophoresis. It showed a typical flavoprotein spectrum and probably binds 4 mol FAD/mol enzyme. Its amino acid composition was different from those of other known acyl-CoA oxidases. Screening of different rat tissues, either for enzyme activity or by immunoblotting, revealed the highest level of pristanoyl-CoA oxidase in liver, followed by kidney, intestinal mucosa, spleen and lung. The oxidase activities, measured with 2-methylpalmitoyl-CoA as the substrate, in livers from other vertebrates including man were low compared to rat. This was also confirmed by immunoblotting which provided a clear signal only in rat liver, possibly indicating that pristanoyl-CoA oxidase might be a rat-specific oxidase.
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- P P Van Veldhoven
- Katolieke Universiteit Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Afdeling Farmakologie, Belgium
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Tanaka A, Ueda M. Assimilation of alkanes by yeasts: functions and biogenesis of peroxisomes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0953-7562(09)80504-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- B Gerhardt
- Institut für Botanik, Universität Münster, Germany
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Wang R, Thorpe C. The reductive half-reaction in acyl-CoA oxidase from Candida tropicalis: interaction with acyl-CoA analogues and an unusual thioesterase activity. Arch Biochem Biophys 1991; 286:504-10. [PMID: 1897972 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(91)90072-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A series of acyl-CoA analogues has been used to probe the substrate binding site and reductive half-reaction of acyl-CoA oxidase from the alkane utilizing yeast Candida tropicalis. Alkyl-SCoA thioethers, from octyl- to hexadecyl-SCoA, bind to the oxidase with progressively larger spectral perturbation of the flavin chromophore and with an incremental binding energy of about 260 cal/methylene group. The hydrocarbon binding subsite for acyl-CoA oxidase appears extensive and only weakly hydrophobic. CoA binding per se appears to contribute about 2.8 kcal to the observed binding energy. A number of acyl-CoA analogues such as 3-thia-acyl-, 3-oxa-acyl-, trans-3-enoyl-, and 3-keto-acyl-CoA derivatives form charge transfer complexes with the oxidase, but these long wavelength bands are both less pronounced and much less stable than those encountered with the acyl-CoA dehydrogenases. This instability reflects an intrinsic thioesterase activity of the oxidase which is observed with those ligands forming enolate to oxidized flavin charge-transfer complexes, but not with normal substrates such as palmitoyl-CoA. Chemical precedent suggests that these enzyme-bound enolates eliminate CoA via a ketene intermediate. The differences in behavior between acyl-CoA oxidase and dehydrogenase toward the ligands used in this work are discussed in terms of the need to exclude oxygen from productive encounters with substrate-reduced dehydrogenase.
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- R Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark 19716
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Kunau WH, Kionka C, Ledebur A, Mateblowski M, Moreno De La Garza M, Schultz-Borchard U, Thieringer R, Veenhuis M. β-Oxidation Systems in Eukaryotic Microorganisms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-71325-5_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
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Kirsch T, Löffler HG, Kindl H. Plant acyl-CoA oxidase. Purification, characterization, and monomeric apoprotein. J Biol Chem 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)83948-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Cloning of cDNA coding for peroxisomal acyl-CoA oxidase from the yeast Candida tropicalis pK233. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1985; 82:3973-7. [PMID: 2987957 PMCID: PMC397916 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.82.12.3973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Candida tropicalis pK233 cells were grown with n-alkanes as carbon source to induce the synthesis of peroxisomal proteins and the proliferation of peroxisomes. Poly-(A)+ RNA was isolated and used to construct a cDNA library by insertion of double-stranded reverse transcripts into the Pst I site of pBR322 followed by cloning in Escherichia coli. Clones complementary to mRNAs induced by growth on alkanes were selected by differential DNA dot-blot analysis using [32P]cDNA reverse-transcribed from poly(A)+ RNA of glucose-grown cells (which contain few peroxisomes) or of alkane-grown cells. Among these clones, one containing a 1.7-kilobase insert coding for acyl-CoA oxidase (the first enzyme in the peroxisomal Beta-oxidation pathway) was identified by hybridization-selection translation and immunoprecipitation. By RNA blot analysis, the acyl-CoA oxidase mRNA was estimated to be approximately equal to 2.2 kilobases long, of which 2.1 kilobases are required to code for the approximately equal to 76-kDa protein. Since the mRNA is polyadenylylated, there appears to be little additional nontranslated region. Cell-free mRNA translation and RNA dot-blot hybridization analyses demonstrated that, whereas glucose-grown C. tropicalis contained little or no acyl-CoA oxidase mRNA, alkane-grown cells contained so much of this mRNA as to make acyl-CoA oxidase one of the major in vitro translation products.
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Moreno de la Garza M, Schultz-Borchard U, Crabb JW, Kunau WH. Peroxisomal beta-oxidation system of Candida tropicalis. Purification of a multifunctional protein possessing enoyl-CoA hydratase, 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase and 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA epimerase activities. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1985; 148:285-91. [PMID: 3987689 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1985.tb08837.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A multifunctional protein from oleate-grown cells of Candida tropicalis has been purified and partially characterized. A simple two-step purification has been developed involving ion-exchange chromatography followed by dye-ligand chromatography on blue Sepharose CL-6B. Homogeneous enzyme with a subunit Mr of 102 000 is obtained in 60% yield. The native relative molecular mass, determined by three different methods, yielded values which suggest that the enzyme is dimeric. Sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the purified protein revealed a single polypeptide band and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography indicated a single component suggesting that this protein may consist either of two identical or very similar subunits. Three beta-oxidation activities, enoyl-CoA hydratase, 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase and 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA epimerase, co-purified with this protein. The ratio of the three beta-oxidation enzyme activities remained constant during purification and was unchanged by additional chromatographic methods (adsorption and affinity chromatography), thus indicating the multifunctional nature of this protein. Enzymatic staining of the purified protein for 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase and epimerase, following electrophoresis in a polyacrylamide density gradient, further supported the multifunctionality of this protein. After isopycnic centrifugation of a particulate fraction from oleate-grown cells in a linear sucrose gradient the activities of all individual beta-oxidation enzymes cosedimented with catalase and with the glyoxylate bypass enzymes. This result demonstrated the peroxisomal localization of the multifunctional enzyme. The relationship of this multifunctional protein to the two bifunctional beta-oxidation enzymes isolated from peroxisomes of rat liver and from glyoxysomes of cucumber seeds is discussed.
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