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Mechanism and specificity of formation of long chain alcohols by developing rat brain. 1981

J E Bishop, and A K Hajra

The enzymatic reduction of acyl-CoA to long chain alcohol by NADPH ion a particulate fraction from developing rat brain has been studied in detail. Addition of serum album in to the assay stimulated activity, due to protection of the substrate acyl-CoA from hydrolysis by an endogenous hydrolase. The optimum amount of albumin depended upon the amount of acyl-CoA added and was found to be 0.5 to 2.0 mol of albumin/mol of acyl-CoA. A series of saturated and unsaturated acyl-CoAs from C12 to C22 was tested, and it was found that the enzyme was specific for only the palmitoyl (16:0)-, stearoyl (18:0)-, and oleoyl (18:1)-CoAs, thus accounting for the observed ether lipid composition in brain. The enzyme specifically utilized only B side hydrogen of [4-3H]NADPH (2 mol/mol of alcohol formed). By various criteria, it was shown that free palmitaldehyde was not an intermediate of the reaction, implying that a single enzyme catalyzes the two consecutive reductions. However, small amounts of palmitaldehyde were produced by this system and were shown to be derived from the same enzyme; probably resulting from partial degradation of an unstable enzyme-bound intermediate. Activity was fully inhibited by sulfhydryl reagents, and from the results of substrate protection experiments, it was concluded that an essential thiol was located at the active site of the enzyme.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007700	Kinetics	The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D011092	Polyethylene Glycols	Polymers of ETHYLENE OXIDE and water, and their ethers. They vary in consistency from liquid to solid depending on the molecular weight indicated by a number following the name. They are used as SURFACTANTS, dispersing agents, solvents, ointment and suppository bases, vehicles, and tablet excipients. Some specific groups are NONOXYNOLS, OCTOXYNOLS, and POLOXAMERS.	Macrogols,Polyoxyethylenes,Carbowax,Macrogol,Polyethylene Glycol,Polyethylene Oxide,Polyethyleneoxide,Polyglycol,Glycol, Polyethylene,Glycols, Polyethylene,Oxide, Polyethylene,Oxides, Polyethylene,Polyethylene Oxides,Polyethyleneoxides,Polyglycols,Polyoxyethylene
D011919	Rats, Inbred Strains	Genetically identical individuals developed from brother and sister matings which have been carried out for twenty or more generations or by parent x offspring matings carried out with certain restrictions. This also includes animals with a long history of closed colony breeding.	August Rats,Inbred Rat Strains,Inbred Strain of Rat,Inbred Strain of Rats,Inbred Strains of Rats,Rat, Inbred Strain,August Rat,Inbred Rat Strain,Inbred Strain Rat,Inbred Strain Rats,Inbred Strains Rat,Inbred Strains Rats,Rat Inbred Strain,Rat Inbred Strains,Rat Strain, Inbred,Rat Strains, Inbred,Rat, August,Rat, Inbred Strains,Rats Inbred Strain,Rats Inbred Strains,Rats, August,Rats, Inbred Strain,Strain Rat, Inbred,Strain Rats, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Rat,Strains, Inbred Rat
D001921	Brain	The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.	Encephalon
D003902	Detergents	Purifying or cleansing agents, usually salts of long-chain aliphatic bases or acids, that exert cleansing (oil-dissolving) and antimicrobial effects through a surface action that depends on possessing both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties.	Cleansing Agents,Detergent Pods,Laundry Detergent Pods,Laundry Pods,Syndet,Synthetic Detergent,Agent, Cleansing,Agents, Cleansing,Cleansing Agent,Detergent,Detergent Pod,Detergent Pod, Laundry,Detergent Pods, Laundry,Detergent, Synthetic,Detergents, Synthetic,Laundry Detergent Pod,Laundry Pod,Pod, Detergent,Pod, Laundry,Pod, Laundry Detergent,Pods, Detergent,Pods, Laundry,Pods, Laundry Detergent,Synthetic Detergents
D004228	Dithionitrobenzoic Acid	A standard reagent for the determination of reactive sulfhydryl groups by absorbance measurements. It is used primarily for the determination of sulfhydryl and disulfide groups in proteins. The color produced is due to the formation of a thio anion, 3-carboxyl-4-nitrothiophenolate.	5,5'-Dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic Acid),DTNB,Ellman's Reagent,5,5'-Dithiobis(nitrobenzoate),Acid, Dithionitrobenzoic,Ellman Reagent,Ellmans Reagent,Reagent, Ellman's
D005033	Ethylmaleimide	A sulfhydryl reagent that is widely used in experimental biochemical studies.	N-Ethylmaleimide,N Ethylmaleimide
D005233	Fatty Alcohols	Usually high-molecular-weight, straight-chain primary alcohols, but can also range from as few as 4 carbons, derived from natural fats and oils, including lauryl, stearyl, oleyl, and linoleyl alcohols. They are used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, plastics, and lube oils and in textile manufacture. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)	Fatty Alcohol,Alcohol, Fatty,Alcohols, Fatty
D000214	Acyl Coenzyme A	S-Acyl coenzyme A. Fatty acid coenzyme A derivatives that are involved in the biosynthesis and oxidation of fatty acids as well as in ceramide formation.	Acyl CoA,Fatty Acyl CoA,Long-Chain Acyl CoA,Acyl CoA, Fatty,Acyl CoA, Long-Chain,CoA, Acyl,CoA, Fatty Acyl,CoA, Long-Chain Acyl,Coenzyme A, Acyl,Long Chain Acyl CoA
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia