title: [Transport and metabolism of vitamin A].
abstract: The present paper is a review of up-to-date findings on vitamin A transport from intestines to target-cell and metabolism of this fat-soluble vitamin. The hypotheses of possible enzymes participation in the process of etherification/hydrolysis and oxidation/reduction of vitamin A are discussed. Furthermore, possible roles of cellular retinoid-binding proteins in the process of vitamin A transport and metabolism are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: A. V. Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Chetyrkin
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D004064:Digestive System / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014801:Vitamin A
vernacular_title: Transport i metabolizm vitamina A.