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Isolation and Respiratory Measurements of Mitochondria from Arabidopsis thaliana
Published on: January 5, 2018
Structural and biochemical characterization of mitochondrial citrate synthase 4 from Arabidopsis thaliana
Kazuya Nishio1, Tsunehiro Mizushima1
1Picobiology Institute, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori-cho, Ako-gun, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan.
Abstract:
Citrate synthase (CS) catalyzes the conversion of oxaloacetate and acetyl coenzyme A into citrate and coenzyme A in the mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. In plants, mitochondrial metabolism, including the TCA cycle, occurs in interaction with photosynthetic metabolism. The controlled regulation of several enzymes in the TCA cycle, such as CS, is important in plants. Here, the first crystal structure of a plant mitochondrial CS, CSY4 from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtCSY4), has been determined. Structural comparison of AtCSY4 with mitochondrial CSs revealed a high level of similarity. Inhibition analysis showed a similar manner of inhibition as in mitochondrial CSs. The effect of oxidation on one of a pair of cysteine residues in AtCSY4 was speculated upon based on the folded structure.
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