名称:
Characterisation of human peroxisomal 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase1The sequence was deposited in the EMBL database (AJ293009).12During the preparation of this manuscript, the sequence of clone LA61-359F1 was finalised (AL023881 version 24) and an ORF was deduced which was identical to the cloned pDCR cDNA.2
摘要:
Based on the primary structure of the rat peroxisomal 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase (M. Fransen, P.P. Van Veldhoven, S. Subramani, Biochem. J. 340 (1999) 561-568), the cDNA of the human counterpart was cloned. It contained an open reading frame of 878 bases encoding a protein of 291 amino acids (calculated molecular mass 30 778 Da), being 83% identical to the rat reductase. The gene, encompassing nine exons, is located at chromosome 16p13. Bacterially expressed poly(His)tagged reductase was active not only towards short and medium chain 2,4-dienoyl-CoAs, but also towards 2,4,7,10,13,16,19-docosaheptaenoyl-CoA. Hence, the reductase does not seem to constitute a rate limiting step in the peroxisomal degradation of docosahexaenoic acid. The reduction of docosaheptaenoyl-CoA, however, was severely decreased in the presence of albumin. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. Al rights reserved.