Abstract

the occurrence of a soluble fraction from rat liver that inactivates acetyl-CoA carboxylase was previously reported by this laboratory (1). The purification of this fraction is now reported, and we show that it behaves as a cAMP-independent kinase that inactivates acetyl-CoA carboxylase by phosphorylation. The kinase has a molecular weight of 160,000 and it requires ATP and Mg 2+ for activity. A partial purification from rat liver cytosol of a Mg 2+-requiring phosphoprotein phosphatase of high molecular weight (greater than 200,000) which dephosphorylates phosphorylated acetyl-CoA carboxylase with the regeneration of enzyme activity is also reported. The kinase, phosphatase, and acetyl-CoA carboxylase are separable from each other by a combination of ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-cellulose chromatography, and gel filtration.

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