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  • Title: Acetaldehyde oxidation in rat liver mitochondria, action of Mg2+, ATP and rotenone on acetaldehyde oxidation in intact mitochondria, and on some purified aldehyde dehydrogenase isozymes.
    Author: Rizzoli VA, Rossi CR.
    Journal: Enzyme; 1988; 39(1):28-43. PubMed ID: 3126046.
    Abstract:
    In intact rat liver mitochondria acetaldehyde is oxidized by three functionally distinct dehydrogenase systems. Two of these reduce intramitochondrial nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD): one is operative with micromolar acetaldehyde concentrations and is stimulated by Mg2+, the other is operative with millimolar acetaldehyde concentrations and is stimulated by adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP). The third system reduces added NAD and is stimulated by rotenone. Connected to these systems, three aldehyde dehydrogenase isozymes (ALDH) have been purified: a low-Km ALDH activated by Mg2+, a high-Km ALDH activated by ATP and Mg2+, a high-Km ALDH activated by rotenone. The properties of some isozymes are affected by detergents. Thus, deoxycholate augments the stimulation of low-Km isozyme by Mg2+ and confers sensitivity to Mg2+ and ATP on one of the high-Km isozymes. A fourth isozyme has been purified. Its affinity for acetaldehyde is so low that it is very unlikely that acetaldehyde is the physiological substrate.
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