Direct desaturation of eicosatrienoyl lecithin to arachidonoyl lecithin by rat liver microsomes.
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Direct desaturation of eicosatrienoyl lecithin to arachidonoyl lecithin by rat liver microsomes.
A microsomal enzyme system from rat liver was shown to catalyze desaturation, in presence of reduced pyridine nucleotides and oxygen, of 1-acyl-2-[14C]eicosatrienoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine to 1-acyl-2-[14C]arachidonoyl-sn-glycerophosphorylcholine. This desaturation was linear with time and proportional to microsomal protein concentration, and proceeded with no significant breakdown of t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)32799-0