Transport of N‐Acetylglutamate in Rat‐Liver Mitochondria
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- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 124 (2), 325-330
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1982.tb06595.x
Abstract
The permeability properties of the rat-liver mitochondrial membrane for N-acetylglutamate, the activator of carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase (ammonia), were studied. 1 Transport of N-acetylglutamate into the mitochondria was only observed in partially or fully de-energized mitochondria and when the extramitochondrial concentration was unphysiologically high (in the mM range). However, even under these conditions the intramitochondrial concentration of N-acetylglutamate was much lower than that outside. 2 Mitochondria1 N-acetylglutamate efflux only occurs when the mitochondria are in an energized state. At 25 °C, at an intramitochondrial N-acetylglutamate concentration of 0.7–1.0 nmol/mg protein, efflux proceeds at a rate of about 0.05 nmol × min−1× mg protein-′. This is 10-fold lower than the maximal rate of N-acetyl- glutamate synthesis in the mitochondria. 3 Homologous exchange between intramitochondrial N-[14C]acetylglutamate and extrainitochondrial un- labelled N-acetylglutamate could not be demonstrated. 4 It is concluded that transport of N-acetylglutamate in vivo is effectively unidirectional, out of the mitochondria. This behaviour is in accordance with the physiological requirement for efflux of N-acetylglutamate from the mitochondria in order to be degraded in the cytosol.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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