title: Human aldehyde dehydrogenase: mechanism of inhibition of disulfiram.
abstract: Disulfiram labeled with carbon-14 reacts specifically with human liver aldehyde dehydrogenase E1 with loss of catalytic activity and no incorporation of label. Carbon-14-labeled diethyldithiocarbamate is formed and the number of enzyme sulfhydryl groups decreases from 34 to 30 during this process. Activity is recovered by-mercaptoethanol but not by glutathione, the physiological reducing agent.
mesh_terms: D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000201:enzymology; D004221:Disulfiram / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D004221:Disulfiram