Studies on Mammalian and Human Pyruvate and alpha-Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenation Complexes.

Abstract

Enzyme systems that catalyze a coenzyme A- and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-linked oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate and 2-oxoglutarate in mammals have been isolated from the Keilin-Hartree preparation of the pig heart muscle as soluble multienzyme complexes with molecular weights in the millions. These multienzyme complexes have distinctive structures and catalyze a coordinated sequence of reaction. The aims of this research are to resolve these complexes into their essential enzymes, to characterize the latter and to determine the composition, macromolecular structure and regulatory mechanism of these two multienzyme complexes. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 13, 1973
Accession Number
AD0767784

Entities

People

  • Masahiko Koike

Organizations

  • Nagasaki University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Biomolecules
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Coenzymes
  • Dehydrogenation
  • Enzymes
  • Enzymes And Coenzymes
  • Molecular Weight
  • Multienzyme Complexes
  • Pyruvates
  • Sequences

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry