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Hoffmann, R. A wiki for the life sciences where authorship matters. Nature Genetics (2008)
 
 
 

Chemical modification of acyl-CoA:cholesterol O-acyltransferase. 2. Identification of a coenzyme A regulatory site by p-mercuribenzoate modification.

Acyl-CoA:cholesterol O-acyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.26, ACAT) is the major intracellular cholesterol-esterifying activity in vascular tissue and is potentially a key regulator of intracellular cholesterol homeostasis during atherogenesis. We have previously reported inhibition of microsomal ACAT by histidine and sulfhydryl-selective chemical modification reagents and present here a more detailed analysis of the effect of sulfhydryl modification on ACAT activity. This analysis indicated two effects of sulfhydryl modification on ACAT activity. Modification of aortic microsomes with relatively low concentrations of p-mercuribenzoate (PMB) (100-200 microM) identified an inhibitory coenzyme A binding site on ACAT which contains a modifiable sulfhydryl group. This site binds CoA tightly (Ki = 20 microM), and PMB modification prevented subsequent ACAT inhibition by CoA without itself inhibiting enzyme activity. At higher concentrations (1-2 mM), PMB inhibited ACAT activity, indicating the presence of a modifiable sulfhydryl group necessary for cholesterol esterification by ACAT. Modification of both sites by PMB was reversible by thiols, and protection against modification was afforded in both cases by oleoyl-CoA, indicating that these sites may also bind oleoyl-CoA. Thus, at least two sulfhydryl groups influence ACAT activity: one is necessary for cholesterol esterification by ACAT, and one is at or near an inhibitory CoA binding site, which may be occupied at intracellular concentrations of CoA.[1]

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