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Volume 132, Issue 3

Pyruvate Metabolism and the Phosphorylation State of Isocitrate Dehydrogenase in Free

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SUMMARY: During growth of on acetate, isocitrate dehydrogenase (ICDH) is partially inactivated by phosphorylation and is thus rendered rate-limiting in the Krebs cycle so that the intracellular concentration of isocitrate rises which, in turn, permits an increased flux of carbon through the anaplerotic sequence of the glyoxylate bypass. A large number of metabolites stimulate ICDH phosphatase and inhibit ICDH kinase in the wild-type ( ML 308) and thus regulate the utilization of isocitrate by the two competing enzymes, ICDH and isocitrate lyase. Addition of pyruvate to acetate grown cultures triggers a rapid dephosphorylation and threefold activation of ICDH, both in the wild-type (ML308) and in mutants lacking pyruvate dehydrogenase (ML308/Pdh), PEP synthase (ML308/Pps) or both enzymes (ML308/Pdh Pps). Pyruvate stimulates the growth on acetate of those strains with an active PEP synthase but inhibits the growth of those strains that lack this enzyme. When pyruvate is exhausted, ICDH is again inactivated and the growth rate reverts to that characteristic of growth on acetate. Because pyruvate stimulates dephosphorylation of ICDH in strains with differing capabilities for pyruvate metabolism, it seems likely that pyruvate itself is a sufficient signal to activate the dephosphorylation mechanism, but this does not discount the importance of other signals under other circumstances.

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Pyruvate Metabolism and the Phosphorylation State of Isocitrate Dehydrogenase in Escherichia coli
Microbiology 132, 797 (1986); https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-132-3-797
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