JBC, Vol. 250, Issue 13, 4996-5002, Jul, 1975
Involvement of cytosol proteins in oleate activation of rabbit liver fructose-1,6-diphosphatase
C. W. Carlson, G. A. Tejwani, R. C. Baxter, E. H. Ulm and B. M. Pogell
Dialyzed rabbit liver cytosol was specifically freed of endogenous
fructose-1,6-diphosphatase by immunoadsorption on a column of
Sepharose-immobilized anti-fructose-1,6-diphosphatase. This material
increased the specific activity of homogeneous enzyme to the maximal rate
observed with EDTA and shifted the pH optimum from 8.4 to 7.4. With oleate
or other fatty acids as activators, the hydrolysis of
fructose-1,6-diphosphatase by enzyme, at neutral pH, showed nonlinear
initial rates dropping to lower linear rates. Cytosol activator acted
synergistically with oleate both to increase neutral enzyme activity and to
maintain the high initial catalytic rates. After sucrose density
centrifugation or gel filtration, the cytosol had no effect by itself, but
still potentiated oleate activation. The factor was destroyed by treatment
with subtilisin or trypsin, but all attempts to identify a unique protein
component in cytosol were unsuccessful. The presence of Na dodecyl-SOJ,
deoxycholate, or urea did not improve the resolution of the factor, but
these compounds did lower the K50 for activation by cytosol. Since fatty
acids are the only unique compounds which have been isolated from cytosol
which activated fructose-1,6-diphosphatase, it appears that soluble
proteins can act as natural carriers for the fatty acids. This was
supported by the fact that both dialyzed rabbit alpha-globulins and muscle
phosphofructokinase also acted synergistically with oleate in a manner
similar to cytosol. Phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylserine activated
fructose-1,6-diphosphatase, and their action was synergistic with oleate.
Glutathione (1 mM) activated the enzyme 5-fold at pH 7.3 and its effects
were additive with oleate and cytosol or alpha-globulins.