Further analysis of acyl-CoA-ACP-transacylases of Mycobacterium smegmatis: Identification of a long chain alkyl malonyl-CoA-ACP-transacylase

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SummaryHomogenates were prepared from three sources, Mycobacterium smegmatis Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli and tested for docosyl malonyl-CoA-ACP transacylase activity, using ACP purified from E. coli strain B and [2R, 2S, 1, 3-14C2] docosyl malonyl-CoA synthesized chemically, as substrates. Only homogenates of M. smegmatis showed positive transacylase activity.Successive chromatographies on Sephadex G-150 and then on DEAE-Sephadex A-50 prove that neither the palmityl-CoA-ACP-transacylase nor the malonyl-CoA-ACP-transacylase of M. smegmatis are responsible for this activity.The question concerning the identity of the enzyme with one of the two entities exhibiting acetyl-CoA-ACP-transacylase activity, previously identified in homogenates of this microorganism (1973 this journal, 55, 1381–1394), remains open for further experimentation.The physiological significance of the presence of a long chain alkyl malonyl-CoA-ACP-transacylase in homogenates of M. smegmatis, a representative of the Actinomycetales, is discussed in relation to the mechanism of the biosynthesis of mycolic acids.Chromatography on Sephadex G-100 showed that the substrate of the enzyme, docosyl malonyl-CoA, exists, in 50molar aqueous solution, mostly in an aggregated state. A factor has been identified in the homogenates, which in the presence of radioactive docosyl malonyl-CoA, leads to the formation of a radioactive material showing an apparent molecular weight less than 10000. The nature of this material is discussed.

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