title: Solubilization and purification of aldehyde-generating fatty acyl-CoA reductase from green alga Botryococcus braunii.
abstract: Membrane-bound fatty acyl-CoA reductase from the green alga Botryococcus braunii has been solubilized from the microsomal preparation by 0.1% octyl beta-glucoside and purified to near homogeneity by Blue A agarose and palmitoyl-CoA agarose affinity column chromatography. The molecular mass of the enzyme was estimated by SDS-PAGE to be 35 kDa. The enzyme generates fatty aldehyde by reduction of fatty acyl-CoA with NADH as the reductant. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of this protein that represents the first eucaryotic aldehyde-generating reductase to be purified shows high homology with the N-terminus of fatty acid reductase from bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Neurobiotechnology Center, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Kolattukudy
mesh_terms: D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000460:Chlorophyta / Q000201:enzymology*; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000201:enzymology; D007700:Kinetics; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases; C021351:hexadecanal dehydrogenase (acylating)