PMID- 3555476 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19870610 LR - 20061115 IS - 0232-766X (Print) IS - 0232-766X (Linking) VI - 45 IP - 11-12 DP - 1986 TI - Regulatory mechanisms of intracellular proteolysis in mammalian cells. PG - 1575-83 AB - Low molecular weight phosphoryl compounds, such as carbamoyl phosphate, 2,3-diphosphoglycerate and phytic acid protect, to different extents, mitochondrial and cytosolic proteins such as ornithine transcarbamoylase (OTC), carbamoyl phosphate synthetase (CPS), glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), from proteolytic inactivation (rat liver lysosomal extracts, pronase, elastase). Given the wide variety and common occurrence of low molecular weight reagents such as typified here, it seems that this kind of inhibition may be important in the regulation of protein turnover. Regulation of intracellular proteolysis can also occur via the proteolytic systems. Immunocytochemical procedures for mitochondrial enzymes (CPS, GDH, OTC), show intracellular homogeneity, but intercellular heterogeneity in rat liver, compatible with a role of the autophagic-lysosomal system in degrading these proteins. However, degradation of short-lived proteins occurs by other mechanisms. Using centrifugation of cultured cells, we find that the Golgi apparatus takes part in the degradation of these proteins, probably by controlling the traffic of proteins or proteases to the degradation site. FAU - Knecht, E AU - Knecht E FAU - Roche, E AU - Roche E FAU - Hernandez-Yago, J AU - Hernandez-Yago J FAU - Vargas, J L AU - Vargas JL FAU - Grisolia, S AU - Grisolia S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Germany TA - Biomed Biochim Acta JT - Biomedica biochimica acta JID - 8304435 RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - EC 3.4.- (Peptide Hydrolases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biotransformation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Golgi Apparatus/metabolism MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Hydrolysis MH - Immunochemistry MH - Microscopy, Electron MH - Peptide Hydrolases/*metabolism MH - Proteins/metabolism MH - Rats EDAT- 1986/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 1986/01/01 00:01 CRDT- 1986/01/01 00:00 PHST- 1986/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1986/01/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1986/01/01 00:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Biomed Biochim Acta. 1986;45(11-12):1575-83.