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Formation of cholic acid from 3 alpha, 7 alpha, 12 alpha-trihydroxy-5 beta-cholestanoic acid by rat liver peroxisomes

F Kase, I Bjorkhem and JI Pedersen

In a previous study, it was shown that the peroxisomal fraction of rat liver, isolated by Percoll gradient centrifugation of a light mitochondrial fraction, was able to catalyze conversion of 3 alpha, 7 alpha, 12 alpha-trihydroxy-5 beta-cholestanoic acid (THCA) into cholic acid (Pedersen, J. I., and J. Gustafsson, 1980. FEBS Lett. 121: 345- 348). In the present work, this peroxisomal THCA-oxidizing system has been studied in more detail. The peroxisomes were prepared by sucrose gradient centrifugation. By use of different marker enzymes, it was confirmed that the major part of the activity in the light mitochondrial fraction was located in the peroxisomes. The reaction was absolutely dependent on the presence of Mg2+, CoA, ATP, and NAD+ in the reaction medium. In addition to cholic acid, small amounts of 3 alpha, 7 alpha, 12 alpha, 24-tetrahydroxy-5 beta-cholestanoic acid were detected as product. Provided the peroxisomes were preincubated with ATP and CoA, the reaction was linear with time up to 75 min. It was linear with peroxisomal protein and the pH optimum was 8. The reaction was stimulated by FAD (ca. 50%), by cytosolic protein (about twofold), by microsomal protein (about twofold), bovine serum albumin (about sevenfold), and by KCN (75% at 1 mM). In the absence of bovine serum albumin in the medium the K'm for the overall reaction was 1.4 X 10(-6) M and the maximum rate was 4.3 nmol X mg-1 X hr-1. In the presence of bovine serum albumin, the K'm increased to 6.3 X 10(-6) M and the maximum rate to about 32 nmol X mg-1 X hr-1.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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