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Dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthetase from rat seminiferous tubules
Authors:T Baba  C Morris  C M Allen
Abstract:Homogenates of seminiferous tubules from rat testes catalyzed the incorporation of label from 14C]isopentenyl diphosphate into a variety of polyprenyl products. Long chain polyprenyl mono- and diphosphates were formed as major products when undesirable side reactions were minimized. The long chain polyprenyl diphosphate synthetase was measured as a sum of the mono- and diphosphate derivatives formed and was dependent on the addition of t,t-farnesyl diphosphate, isopentenyl diphosphate, and divalent cation. The highest activity was associated with the membranous fractions, whereas activity was negligible in the cytosolic fraction. The products of this prenyl transferase were labile to acid and yielded petroleum ether soluble products which indicated that the alpha-isoprene unit was unsaturated. Hydrolysis of either the polyprenyl mono-or diphosphates with a testicular phosphatase in the absence of NaF yielded C75, C80, C85, and C90 polyprenols. The chain lengths of the products of the synthetase suggest that this enzyme is responsible for the de novo biosynthesis of dehydrodolichyl diphosphates which are precursors of the dolichyl derivatives found in testes.
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