title: 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase in normal and dystrophic hamsters.
abstract: The activity and diurnal variation of 3-hydroxy-3-methyglutaryl-CoA reductase (EC 1.1.1.34; HMG-CoA reductase), the rate-limiting enzyme in the cholesterol-biosynthetic pathway, of normal and dystrophic hamsters was determined. Liver enzyme activity showed a diurnal pattern in the normal male, but not in the dystrophic male. Enzyme values in normal males at the midpoint of the 12 h dark period were 10 times those in dystrophic males. No evidence for diurnal variation in the HMG-CoA reductase of the brain was observed, and similar activities were found for normal and dystrophic animals. The apparent Km for HMG-CoA reductase from the liver of normal or dystrophic hamsters was approx. 9 microM, and the Vmax. was 5.9 and 21.7 pmol/min per mg of protein for dystrophic and normal hamsters respectively.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D006224:Cricetinae; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D009137:Muscular Dystrophy, Animal / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases