Factors Affecting the Cold Inactivation of an Acetyl‐Coenzyme‐A Hydrolase Purified from the Supernatant Fraction of Rat Liver

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Abstract
An extramitochondrial acetyl‐coenzyme‐A hydrolase from rat liver is shown to be a cold‐labile oligomeric enzyme that undergoes a reversible conformational transition between a dimeric and a tetrameric form in the presence of adenosine 5′‐triphosphate or adenosine 5′‐diphosphate at 25–37°C, and between a dimeric and a monomeric form at low temperature. The enzymatically active dimer is fairly stable at 25–37°C, but much less stable at low temperature, dissociating into monomer with no activity. At 37°C and low concentrations of enzyme protein (≤ 14 μg/ml), the activity decreased rapidly and only 10% of the initial activity remaining after 60 min. Addition of bovine serum albumin or immunoglobulin G to the medium completely prevented inactivation of the dimeric enzyme at low concentration at 37°C, but had little effect on cold inactivation of the enzyme. Cold inactivation of the dimeric enzyme was partially prevented by the presence of various CoA derivatives. The order of potency was acetyl‐CoA (substrate) ≥ butyryl‐CoA > octanoyl‐CoA > CoA (product) > acetoacetyl‐CoA. Another enzyme product, acetate, had little effect on cold inactivation. Polyols, such as sucrose, glycerol, and ethylene glycol, and high concentrations of NaCl, KCl, pyrophosphate and phosphate also greatly prevented cold inactivation. Cold inactivation was scarcely affected by pH within the pH range at which the enzyme was stable at 37°C.