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Biosynthesis of dolichol and dolichylphosphate in rat hepatocytes in vivo
Author(s) -
Ekström T.,
Eggens I.,
Dallner G.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(82)81320-3
Subject(s) - dolichol , in vivo , biosynthesis , chemistry , biochemistry , biology , enzyme , microbiology and biotechnology
The biosynthesis of dolichol and dolichylmonophosphate in rat liver was studied using [ 3 H]mevalonate as precursor. The radioactive precursor was either injected into the portal vein of the rat or added to the incubation medium containing isolated hepatocytes, followed by the isolation of microsomes and mitochondria from the liver or the hepatocytes. In both systems dolichol in microsomes was highly labeled after a short labeling period followed by a rapid decrease. During this period the labeling of mitochondrial dolichol was low. The specific radioactivity of dolichyl‐P in microsomes of both systems was higher in the initial phase than in dolichol and increased further with time. The mitochondrial labeling was also increased but was at a much lower level.