PARTICIPATION OF PEROXISOMES IN LIPID BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE HARDERIAN-GLAND OF GUINEA-PIG
PARTICIPATION OF PEROXISOMES IN LIPID BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE HARDERIAN-GLAND OF GUINEA-PIG
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DOI:
10.1042/bj2620677
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发表时间:
1989-09-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
SUGA, T
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作者:
HORIE, S;SUGA, T
Peroxisomal enzyme activities in the guinea-pig harderian gland, which has a unique lipid composition, were studied. Activities of catalase, acyl-CoA oxidase and the cyanide-insensitive acyl-CoA .beta.-oxidation system in this tissue were comparable with those in rat liver. The activities of dihydroxyacetone phosphate acyltransferase (DHAPAT, EC 2.3.1.42) and alkyl-DHAP synthase (EC 2.5.1.26) were appreciable, and the distributions of both activities were consistent with that of sedimentable catalase activity. Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT, EC 2.3.1.15), which is localized in both microsomes (microsomal fractions) and mitochondria in the rat liver, was a peroxisomal enzyme in the harderian gland, though the activity was only about one-tenth of the DHAPAT activity. These enzymes had different pH profiles and substrate specificity. The existence of high activites of enzymes of the acyl-DHAP pathway in peroxisomes suggests the physiological significance of peroxisomes in the biosynthesis of glycerol ether phospholipid and 1-alkyl-2,3-diacylglycerol in the guinea-pig harderian gland.