L-Fucose metabolism in mammals. The conversion of L-fucose to two moles of L-lactate, of L-galactose to L-lactate and glycerate, and of D-arabinose to L-lactate and glycollate.
L-Fucose metabolism in mammals. The conversion of L-fucose to two moles of L-lactate, of L-galactose to L-lactate and glycerate, and of D-arabinose to L-lactate and glycollate.
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哺乳动物中的 L-岩藻糖代谢。
DOI:
10.1016/s0021-9258(18)50284-2
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发表时间:
1979
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通讯作者:
H. Schachter
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作者:
J. Chan;N. Nwokoro;H. Schachter
A novel oxidative pathway for~-fucose has been found in pig liver. The pathway is as follows: L-fucose+ L-fuconolactone--$ L-fuconate+ 2-keto-3-deoxy-L,-fuconate+ unknown intermediate, probably 2, 4-diketo-5-hydroxyhexanoate-+ 2 mol of L-lactate. Previous work (Nwokoro, NA, and Schachter, H.(1975) J. Biol. Chem. 250, 6185-6196) has provided evidence for the pathway to the 2, 4-diketo-5-hydroxyhexanoate stage, and has shown that D-arabinose is oxidized by the same pathway. In the present paper, it is shown that r-.-galactose can be oxidized to 2-keto-3-deoxy+ galactonate. It is further shown that pig liver contains an enzyme system which can convert 1 mol of 2-keto-3-deoxy-L.-fuconate to 1.7 mol of L-lactate, 1 mol of 2-keto-3-deoxy-D-arabonate to 0.9 mol of L-lactate and 0.9 mol of glycollate, and 2-keto-3-deoxy+ galactonate to L.-lactate and glycerate. The reaction is absolutely dependent on the presence of NAD’indicating that the first enzyme in the reaction is probably 2-keto-3-deoxy-L-fuconate: NAD+ oxidoreductase which has previously been purified to homogeneity from pig liver. Definitive evidence for the pathway was obtained by showing the conversion of 2-keto-3-deoxy-L-[l-‘4C, 6-3H] fuconate to r $‘C, 3H] lactate with the same 3H/14C ratio. Only pig liver and kidney were found to have appreciable levels of L-fucose: NAD+ oxidoreductase, L-fuconate hydro-lyase, and 2-keto-3-deoxy-L-fuconate: NAD+ oxidoreductase, the major enzymes in the pathway; pig heart, stomach, intestine, submaxillary gland, lung, and brain were deficient in or lacked completely all three enzymes.L-Fucose (6deoxy-L-galactose) is a constituent of many glycoproteins and glycolipids synthesized by microorganisms, plants, and animals (2-9). Radioactive L-fucose (10-19) and GDP-L-fucose (20-23) have been used in a variety of systems to study the biosynthesis of fucose-containing macromolecules. Radioactive L-fucose is considered to be an excellent precursor for such studies because it is not converted to other sugars (16-19, 24, 25). Parenterally administered free L-fucose can, however, be extensively oxidized to carbon dioxide by the