On the mechanism of action of isocitrate lyase.

1. The enzymes citrate lyase and isocitrate lyase catalyse similar reactions in the cleavage of citrate to acetate plus oxaloacetate and of isocitrate to succinate plus glyoxylate, respectively. 2. Nevertheless, the mechanism of action of each enzyme appears to be different from each other. Citrate lyase is an acyl carrier protein-containing enzyme complex whereas isocitrate lyase is not. The active form of citrate lyase is an acetyl-S-enzyme but that of isocitrate lyase is not a corresponding succinyl-S-enzyme. 3. In contrast to citrate lyase, the isocitrate enzyme is not inhibited by hydroxylamine nor does it acquire label if treated with appropriately labelled radioactive substrate. 4. Isotopic exchange experiments performed in H18-2O with isocitrate as a substrate produced no labelling in the product succinate. This was shown by mass-spectrometric analysis. 5. The conclusion drawn from these results is that no activation of succinate takes place on the enzyme through transient formation of succinic anhydride or a covalently-linked succinyl-enzyme, derived from this anhydride.

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