Marino M, Bruscalupi G, Spagnuolo S, Leoni S, Mangiantini M T, Trentalance A, Hemming F W
Biosci Rep. 1986 Apr;6(4):409-13. doi: 10.1007/BF01116429.
The regenerating liver presents a changed ability to use mevalonate 16 hr after partial hepatectomy. The dolichol content and its synthesis from mevalonate is increased, while no variation of dolichyl-P and ubiquinone parameters are detectable. The greater amount of mevalonate utilized to form dolichol, but not dolichyl-P, in this proliferating system, raises some questions about the physiological significance of these isoprenoid compounds and about their biosynthetic sequence.
