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Alcohol dehydrogenase 2 is a major hepatic enzyme for human retinol metabolism

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Title
Alcohol dehydrogenase 2 is a major hepatic enzyme for human retinol metabolism
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Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, February 2007
DOI 10.1007/s00018-007-6449-8
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M. Hellgren, P. Strömberg, O. Gallego, S. Martras, J. Farrés, B. Persson, X. Parés, J. -O. Höög

Abstract

The metabolism of all-trans- and 9-cis-retinol/ retinaldehyde has been investigated with focus on the activities of human, mouse and rat alcohol dehydrogenase 2 (ADH2), an intriguing enzyme with apparently different functions in human and rodents. Kinetic constants were determined with an HPLC method and a structural approach was implemented by in silico substrate dockings. For human ADH2, the determined K(m) values ranged from 0.05 to 0.3 microM and k(cat) values from 2.3 to 17.6 min(-1), while the catalytic efficiency for 9-cis-retinol showed the highest value for any substrate. In contrast, poor activities were detected for the rodent enzymes. A mouse ADH2 mutant (ADH2Pro47His) was studied that resembles the human ADH2 setup. This mutation increased the retinoid activity up to 100-fold. The K(m) values of human ADH2 are the lowest among all known human retinol dehydrogenases, which clearly support a role in hepatic retinol oxidation at physiological concentrations.

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Unknown 22 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 18%
Student > Bachelor 4 18%
Student > Master 3 14%
Librarian 1 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 8 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 27%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 18%
Chemistry 2 9%
Social Sciences 1 5%
Chemical Engineering 1 5%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 8 36%
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#8,170,560
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