title: NADPH-dependent reduction of glyceraldehyde: a unusually high activity in the lens of the camel (Camelus dromedarius).
abstract: The enzymes of the polyol pathway, namely aldose reductase and sorbitol dehydrogenase, were measured in camel lens extracts. A NADPH-dependent glyceraldehyde and erythrose reductase activity 25 times higher than that of calf lens was observed in camel lens. A preliminary comparison between this enzyme activity present in the camel and aldose reductase of calf lens is reported.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Del Corso
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Camici
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barsacchi
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Tozzi
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mura
mesh_terms: D000449:Aldehyde Reductase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus; D002417:Cattle; D005985:Glyceraldehyde / Q000378:metabolism*; D007064:L-Iditol 2-Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000201:enzymology*; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013045:Species Specificity; D013401:Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005985:Glyceraldehyde; D009249:NADP; D013401:Sugar Alcohol Dehydrogenases; C028041:glyceraldehyde reductase; D007064:L-Iditol 2-Dehydrogenase; D000449:Aldehyde Reductase