Besides interconverting citrate and cis-aconitate, it also interconverts cis-aconitate with isocitrate and, hence, interconverts citrate and isocitrate. The equilibrium mixture is 91% citrate, 6% isocitrate and 3% aconitate. cis-Aconitate is used to designate the isomer (Z)-prop-1-ene-1,2,3-tricarboxylate. An iron-sulfur protein, containing a [4Fe-4S] cluster to which the substrate binds.
aconitase, iron regulatory protein, irp-1, ire-bp, macon, iron regulatory protein 1, aconitate hydratase, cytoplasmic aconitase, aconitase a, c-aconitase, more
Besides interconverting citrate and cis-aconitate, it also interconverts cis-aconitate with isocitrate and, hence, interconverts citrate and isocitrate. The equilibrium mixture is 91% citrate, 6% isocitrate and 3% aconitate. cis-Aconitate is used to designate the isomer (Z)-prop-1-ene-1,2,3-tricarboxylate. An iron-sulfur protein, containing a [4Fe-4S] cluster to which the substrate binds.
additionally to catalytic activity, enzyme is able to bind specifically the 5 UTP of the Arabidopsis chloroplastic CuZn superoxide dismutase 2 mRNA. Enzyme does not bind an iron responsive element of the human ferritin gene
the Aco3 mutant shows delayed early seedling growth, altered assimilation of [14C]acetate feeding and elevated citrate levels, which are nearly 4fold greater than in wild-type, or isoforms Aco1 or Aco2 mutants
enzyme knock-out plants have significantly less chlorosis after treatment with the superoxide-generating compound paraquat, show delayed induction of the antioxidant gene GST1 and inceased levels of chloroplastic CuZn superoxide dismutase 2 mRNA
loss-of-fucntion mutants of isoforms Aco1, Aco2, Aco3. Plants with mutations aco1 or aco3 show a clear decrease in cytosolic aconitase activity. None of the mutants is affected in respect of the accumulation of the ferritin transcript or protein response to iron excess
Selective induction and subcellular distribution of ACONITASE 3 reveal the importance of cytosolic citrate metabolism during lipid mobilization in Arabidopsis