Identical subcellular distribution of palmitoyl-CoA and arachidonoyl-CoA synthetase activities in human blood platelets. |
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| Authors: | A M Bakken and M Farstad |
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| Institution: | Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Bergen, University Hospital Haukeland, Norway. |
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| Abstract: | Fractionation of human blood platelets showed that palmitoyl-CoA synthetase and arachidonoyl-CoA synthetase activities had an identical distribution among subcellular fractions. The activity was highest with arachidonic acid as substrate in all fractions, with an enzyme activity of 50 nmol/min per mg of protein, in a 'dense-tubular-system'-enriched fraction. The ratio activities with arachidonate and palmitate as substrates was about 1.5 in all fractions. Heat inactivation did not distinguish between arachidonoyl-CoA synthetase and a palmitoyl-CoA synthetase. On the other hand, heat inactivation indicated two pools of long-chain acyl-CoA synthetases: one in a mitochondria- and one in the dense-tubular-system-enriched fraction. |
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