Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 20, 588-593, Copyright © 1979 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Improved methods for the assay and activation of 3-hydroxy-3- methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase

BW Philipp and DJ Shapiro

A simple and rapid mixed-phase method for the quantitative assay of 3- hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl (HMG)-CoA reductase and a procedure for the efficient reactivation of Mg-ATP-inactivated microsomal HMG-CoA reductase by potato acid phosphatase are described. The mixed-phase assay entails the direct addition of the acidified, deproteinized incubation mixture to a toluene-based scintillation fluor. The enzymatic reaction product [3H]-mevalonolactone partitions into the toluene while unreacted 3H-labeled HMG-CoA substrate remains in the aqueous phase and is not detected on scintillation counting. The accuracy and reproducibility of this method are compared to a thin- layer chromatographic assay for HMG-CoA reductase. Microsomal and solubilized HMG-CoA reductase inactivated by incubation with Mg-ATP is reactivated by purified potato acid phosphatase. Under appropriate conditions quantitative reactivation of HMG-CoA reductase is achieved, indicating that endogenous inhibitory and activating proteins regulate HMG-CoA reductase via a kinase-phosphatase system.
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