Subcellular distribution and properties of acyl/alkyl dihydroxyacetone phosphate reductase in rodent livers.

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  • M K Ghosh
  • A K Hajra
چکیده

On subcellular fractionation, the enzyme acyl/alkyl dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) reductase (EC 1.1.1.101) in guinea pig and rat liver was found to be present in both the light mitochondrial (L) and microsomal fractions. By using metrizamide density gradient centrifugation, it was shown that the alkyl DHAP reductase activity in the "L" fraction is localized mainly in peroxisomes. From the distribution of the marker enzymes it was calculated that about two-thirds of the liver reductase activity is in the peroxisomes and the rest in the microsomes. The properties of this enzyme in peroxisomes and microsomes are similar with respect to heat inactivation, pH optima, sensitivity to trypsin, and inhibition by NADP+ and acyl CoA. The enzyme activity in the peroxisomes and microsomes from mouse liver is increased to the same extent by chronically feeding the animals clofibrate, a hypolipidemic drug. The kinetic properties of this enzyme in these two different organelles are also similar. From these results it is concluded that the same enzyme is present in two different subcellular compartments of liver.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archives of biochemistry and biophysics

دوره 245 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1986