Phosphoenolpyruvate partially inhibits the accumulation of Ca(2+) in isolated mung bean (Phaseolus aureus Roxb.) mitochondria. Succinate-supported Ca(2+) uptake is twice as sensitive to phosphoenolpyruvate inhibition as is NADH- or malate/pyruvate-supported Ca(2+) uptake. Pyruvate, atractylate, and ATP, but not ITP, reverse the phosphoenolpyruvate-induced inhibition. Oxaloacetic acid inhibits s...

Levels of mRNA for glucokinase, L-pyruvate kinase, fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase were analysed during liver regeneration. Levels of mRNA for glycolytic enzymes (glucokinase and L-pyruvate kinase) decreased rapidly after partial hepatectomy. Glucokinase mRNA increased at 16-24 h, returning to normal values after this time. L-pyruvate kinase mRNA recovered cont...

This paper describes some new characteristics of the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase CO(2)-oxaloacetate exchange reaction in purified preparations of Rhodospirillum rubrum. The enzymatic activity has been purified 169-fold. Nucleotide diphosphates substitute for nucleotide triphosphates in the exchange reaction. Nucleotide diphosphates will not support the synthesis of phosphoenolpyruvate fro...

1. The inactivation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP) (EC 4.1.1.32) in liver extracts was catalysed by the microsomal fraction, and led to the enzyme becoming bound to the microsomal membranes. 2. Inactivation by microsomal fraction, typsin or heating at 48degreesC was accelerated by L-cystine, D-cystine and oxidized glutathione and decreased by dithiothreitol. 3. MnC1(2) and CoC1(2) p...

The addition of calcium chloride to rat liver homogenates resulted in activation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase by as much as 50%. The enhanced activity was inhibited by quinolinic acid; it was not additive with activation by FeCl2, and stimulation was prevented by 1,10-phenanthroline. Activation by calcium was lost when the particulate fractions of liver were removed, but an activating s...

The activity of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP) in Reuber H-35 cells was decreased after the removal of 6-N,2-O-dibutyryl adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (dibutyryl cyclic AMP) from the medium. The decrease in activity was shown immunochemically to be the result of a rapid cessation in specific enzyme synthesis, occurring with a half-time of 40 min. The removal of dexamethasone, a less po...