title: Fatty acid-binding protein activities in bovine muscle, liver and adipose tissue.
abstract: Subcutaneous adipose tissue, sternomandibularis muscle and liver were obtained from steers immediately postmortem. Muscle strips and adipose tissue snips were incubated with 0.75 mM [1-14C]palmitate and 5 mM glucose. Muscle strips esterified palmitate at the rate of 2.5 nmol/min per gram tissue, which was 30% of the rate observed for adipose tissue. Fatty acid-binding protein activity was measured in 104,000 x g supernatant fractions of liver, muscle and adipose tissue homogenates. Muscle and adipose tissue fractions bound 840 and 140 pmol [1-14C]palmitoyl-CoA per gram tissue, respectively. Fatty acid-binding protein activity was greater in adipose tissue than in muscle when data were expressed per milligram protein (35 vs. 13 pmol palmitoyl-CoA bound per milligram of soluble protein, respectively). Fatty acid binding-protein activity was correlated with the rate of palmitate esterification within each tissue. Liver contained the highest fatty acid-binding protein activity (13,000 pmol palmitoyl-CoA bound per gram tissue and 215 pmol palmitoyl-CoA bound per milligrams soluble protein).
mesh_terms: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism*; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D004032:Diet; D004951:Esterification; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D010169:Palmitic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D010171:Palmitoyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D010169:Palmitic Acids; D010171:Palmitoyl Coenzyme A; D019308:Palmitic Acid