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Effect of albumin on acyl-CoA: lysolecithin acyltransferase, lysolecithin : lysolecithin acyltransferase and acyl-CoA hydrolase from rabbit lung

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Acyl-CoA : lysolecithin and lysolecithin : lysolecithin acyltransferases, as well as acyl-CoA hydrolase are important enzymes in lung lipid metabolism. They use amphiphylic lipids as substrates and differ in subcellular localization. In this sense, lipid-protein interactions can be an essential factor in their activity. We have studied the effect of albumin, as lipid-binding protein model, in the activities of these enzymes. Acyl-CoA hydrolase was inhibited in the presence of albumin, whereas acyl-CoA : lysolecithin acyltransferase showed a complex effect of activation depending on both albumin concentration and palmitoyl-CoA/lysolecithin molar ratio. Lysolecithin : lysolecithin acyltransferase was affected differentially on its two activities. Hydrolysis remained unaffected and transacylation was inhibited by albumin. These results are consequence of the interaction of albumin with both lipidic substrates that changes their critical micellar concentration.

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Abbreviations

TNS:

6-(p-toluidino)-2-naphthalene-sulfonic acid

CMC:

Critical Micellar Concentration

LP:

Lysolecithin (1-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine)

PalmCoA:

palmitoyl-CoA

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Pérez-Gil, J., Estrada, P., Acebal, C. et al. Effect of albumin on acyl-CoA: lysolecithin acyltransferase, lysolecithin : lysolecithin acyltransferase and acyl-CoA hydrolase from rabbit lung. Mol Cell Biochem 94, 167–173 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00214123

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