Mitochondrial metabolism of guanine nucleotides possible role of guanosine

FEBS Letters

Tikhonov, Yuri V.¹  Pimenov, Alexander M.¹  Dubiel, Wolfgang²  Ziegler, Mathias²  Gerber, Gerhard²  Henke, Wolfgang³  Toguzov, Rusian T.¹ 

[1]Department of Biochemistry, N.I. Pirogov Second Medical Institute Moscow, Research Centre, Moscow, USSR

[2]Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Humboldt University, Berlin, GDR

[3]Experimental Organ Transplantation, School of Medicine, Humboldt University, Berlin, GDR

关键词: Mitochondria;    Purine nucleotide metabolism;    Guanosine;    HPLC;    (Rat liver);    CAT;    carboxyatractyloside;   

DOI  :  10.1016/0014-5793(89)80457-0

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

The catabolism of intramitochondrial guanine nucleotides was examined. During 30 min incubation of rat liver mitochondria at 37°C in the presence of oligomycin and carboxyatractyloside, guanine and xanthine were formed and appeared in the medium. Under these conditions, the direct conversion of GMP to guanine by hypoxanthine—guanine phosphoribosyltransferase is suggested to be the main catabolic route within the organelles. Only very small amounts of guanosine were produced and detected both inside and outside the organelles. [¹⁴C]Guanosine and [¹⁴C]inosine were taken up by the mitochondria. Therefore, guanosine is suggested to be a precursor of intramitochondrial guanine nucleotides.

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