Rasmussen M, Helgerud P, Petersen L B, Norum K R
Acta Med Scand. 1984;216(4):403-7. doi: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1984.tb03824.x.
Recent work has shown that esterification of retinol in microsomes from rat liver, mammary gland and small intestine and from human small intestine is catalyzed by an acyl CoA: retinol acyl transferase (ARAT). The current study demonstrates ARAT activity in human liver microsomes. At optimal incubation conditions the rate of retinyl ester formation due to ARAT (0.37 +/- 0.31 nmole ester formed X mg microsomal protein-1 X minute-1, mean +/- SD, n = 6) suggests that the enzyme is of physiological importance.
近期研究表明,大鼠肝脏、乳腺、小肠以及人类小肠微粒体中的视黄醇酯化作用是由酰基辅酶A:视黄醇酰基转移酶(ARAT)催化的。本研究证实了人类肝脏微粒体中存在ARAT活性。在最佳孵育条件下,由ARAT介导的视黄酯形成速率(0.37±0.31纳摩尔酯形成×毫克微粒体蛋白⁻¹×分钟⁻¹,平均值±标准差,n = 6)表明该酶具有重要的生理意义。