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  • Title: Purification and characterization of lipoyl-AMP:N epsilon-lysine lipoyltransferase from bovine liver mitochondria.
    Author: Fujiwara K, Okamura-Ikeda K, Motokawa Y.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1994 Jun 17; 269(24):16605-9. PubMed ID: 8206978.
    Abstract:
    Lipoyl-AMP:N epsilon-lysine lipolytransferase (lipolytransferase) catalyzes the transfer of the lipoyl group from lipoyl-AMP to a lysine residue of the specific enzyme proteins. We have shown previously that the lipoyltransferase activities locate in mitochondria using apoH-protein of the glycine cleavage system as an acceptor of the lipoyl group (Fujiwara, K., Okamura-Ikeda, K., and Motokawa, Y. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 17463-17467). Here we describe the purification and the characterization of two isoforms of lipolytransferase termed lipoyltransferase I and lipoyltransferase II from bovine liver mitochondria. Lipoyltransferase II was purified to apparent homogeneity, whereas the final product of lipoyltransferase I still contained a minor contaminant. Although the two forms could be resolved on a hydroxylapatite column chromatography, they were indistinguishable, as judged by: (a) behavior during purification on ion exchange, hydrophobic, or affinity columns; (b) molecular mass determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and gel exclusion chromatography (40 kDa); and (c) catalytic properties (substrate specificity, kinetic constants, and optimal pH). Both lipoyltransferase I and II could not use lipoic acid plus MgATP as a substrate in place of lipoyl-AMP. Surprisingly, the lipoyltransferases transferred not only the lipoyl group but also the acyl groups from hexanoyl-, octanoyl-, and decanoyl-AMP to apoH-protein to a similar extent.
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