Faculty Research 1970 - 1979

Mitochondrial proline dehydrogenase deficiency in hyperprolinemic PRO/Re mice: genetic and enzymatic analyses.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1976

Keywords

Amino-Acid-Metabolism-Inborn-Errors: en, Amino-Acid-Oxidoreductases: me, Animal, Genes-Structural, Heat, Kinetics, Mice, Mice-Inbred-C57BL, Mitochondria-Liver: en, ul, Oxygenases: df, Proline: bl, me, Species-Specificity, SUPPORT-U-S-GOVT-P-H-S, Vitamin-K

First Page

739

Last Page

757

JAX Location

40,351

JAX Source

Biochem-Genet. 1976 Oct; 14(9-10):739-57.

Abstract

Genetic analyses, involving backcross and F2 matings, demonstrate that the type I hyperprolinemia of PRO/Re mice is caused by an abnormal allelet at a single locus designated pro-1. Mice homozygous for this allele (pro-1b/pro-1b) posses a deficiency in the activity of component 1 of mitochondrial proline dehydrogenase. In liver mitochondria of normal C57BL/6J mice, two proline dehydrogenase activity components are demonstrable by electrophoretic resolution of Triton X-100 solubilized extracts. In mitochondria of PRO/Re mice, the activity of component 1 is not readily detectable. Residual proline dehydrogenase activity in PRO/Re mitochondria appears, therefore, to be due in large measure to activity component 2 which is more stable to incubation at 40 C, exhibits slower electrophoretic mobility, and is less reactive to menadione. Kinetic analyses demonstrate a Km (proline) for the Triton X-100 solubilized enzyme activities of PRO/Re and C57BL/6J liver mitochondria of 0.4 M and 2.9 X 10(-3) M, respectively. C57BL/6J enzyme activity is inhibited by high substrate concentration. The actins of PRO/Re liver obtained by differential centrifugation. Abnormal control of respiratory chain function in PRO/Re mitochondria appears to involve primarily proline oxidation, as indicated by the level of activity of several inner membrane enzymes.

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