Abstract
Superose 6 chromatography was used to separate rapidly the polymeric and dimeric forms of acetyl-CoA carboxylase. With preparations of acetyl-CoA carboxylase purified by Sepharose-avidin chromatography, it is shown that citrate promotes polymerization and that the extent of polymerization is diminished, but not eliminated, after phosphorylation by cyclic-AMP-dependent protein kinase. After exposure of rat epididymal adipose tissue to insulin, evidence was obtained for a marked increase in polymerization. The polymeric form, which was active in the absence of citrate, exhibited increased phosphorylation, particularly on a tryptic peptide designated the I-peptide in an earlier study [Brownsey & Denton (1982) Biochem. J. 202, 77-86]. In contrast, in tissue exposed to the beta-agonist isoprenaline, most of the phosphorylated acetyl-CoA carboxylase appeared to be in the dimeric form if chromatography was carried out in the absence of citrate, whereas in the presence of citrate the degree of polymerization was diminished.
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