title: Purification, cloning, and bacterial expression of retinol dehydratase from Spodoptera frugiperda.
abstract: Anhydroretinol and 14-hydroxy-4,14-retro-retinol, retro-retinoids endogenous to both mammals and insects, act as agonist and antagonist, respectively, in controlling proliferation in lymphoblasts and other retinol-dependent cells. We describe here the identification, purification, cloning, and bacterial expression of the enzyme retinol dehydratase, which converts retinol to anhydroretinol in Spodoptera frugiperda. Retinol dehydratase has nanomolar affinity for its substrate and is, therefore, the first enzyme characterized able to utilize free retinol at physiological intracellular concentrations. The enzyme shows sequence homology to the sulfotransferases and requires 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate for activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grün
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Noy
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hämmerling
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buck
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006836:Hydro-Lyases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008322:Mammals; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000201:enzymology*; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006836:Hydro-Lyases; C100603:retinol dehydratase