Evidence for a multiple random coupling mechanism in the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase multienzyme complex of Escherichia coli: a computer model analysis.
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Hackert, M L
RESUMO
A computer modeling system was used to analyze experimental data for inactivation of the Escherichia coli alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex accompanying release of lipoic acid residues by lipoamidase and by trypsin [Stepp, L. R., Bleile, D. M., McRorie, D. K., Pettit, F. H. & Reed, L. J. (1981) Biochemistry 20, 4555-4560]. The results provide insight into the active-site coupling mechanism in the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex. The model studies indicate that the overall activity of the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex is influenced by redundancies and random processes that we describe as a multiple random coupling mechanism. More than one lipoyl moiety services each E1 subunit (alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase, EC 1.2.4.2), and an extensive lipoyl-lipoyl interaction network for exchange of electrons and possibly acyl groups must also be present. The best fit between computed and experimental data was obtained with a model that has two lipoyl moieties servicing each E1 subunit and a lipoyl-lipoyl interaction network that links all lipoyl moieties on the E2 cube (dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase, EC 2.3.1.61). The single lipoyl moiety on an E2 subunit is assumed to service the coenzyme A-dependent succinyltransferase site of that E2 subunit as well as an E3 subunit (dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase, EC 1.6.4.3) if the latter is bound to that particular E2 subunit.
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