title: Kinetic evidence for two separate trans-2-enoyl CoA reductases in rat hepatic microsomes: NADPH-specific short chain- and NAD(P)H-dependent long chain-reductase.
abstract: The rat hepatic microsomal conversion of crotonyl- and hexenoyl CoA to butyrate and hexanoate was supported only by NADPH, while both NADH and NADPH were effective cofactors in the conversion of trans-2-hexadecenoyl CoA to palmitate. Experiments using mixtures of long- and short-chain enoyl-CoA substrates and competition experiments support the conclusion that microsomes contain 2 distinct enoyl CoA reductases, (1) a long chain enoyl CoA reductase capable of accepting reducing equivalents from either NADH or NADPH, and (2) a NADPH-specific short chain enoyl CoA reductase.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D009249:NADP; D044943:Fatty Acid Desaturases