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    Essential role of coenzyme A in pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase activity

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    AbstractThe rate of phosphorylation and concomitant inactivation of purified pig heart muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase complex by intrinsic kinase (EC 2.7.1.99) is markedly accelerated by the addition of coenzyme A to the incubation medium, showing a half-maximum effect at 1.8 μM. The pantetheine moiety is the effective part of the coenzyme A molecule. The free thiol group is prerequisite for the stimulatory action, acetyl-CoA, benzoyl-CoA or CoAS-SCoA being ineffectual. The thiol's specificity is evidenced by showing that dithiothreitol, 2-mercaptoethanol or glutathione up to 5 mM failed to replace coenzyme A. The possibility is considered that coenzyme A might act as a physiological modifier of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase activity

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