title: Mechanism of inactivation of sheep liver cytoplasmic aldehyde dehydrogenase by disulfiram.
abstract: Stoicheiometric amounts of [14C]disulfiram react rapidly with sheep liver cytoplasmic aldehyde dehydrogenase to give loss of catalytic activity and incorporation of the expected amount of radioactivity. In a subsequent slower reaction the label is lost from the enzyme without re-emergence of enzymic activity. The results imply that in vivo disulfiram may act as an oxidation-reduction catalyst for the inactivation of aldehyde dehydrogenase.
mesh_terms: D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D000818:Animals; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000201:enzymology; D004221:Disulfiram / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D004221:Disulfiram