Physiological role of yeasts NAD(P)+ and NADP+-linked aldehyde dehydrogenases

The activity of NAD+ and NADP+-linked aldehyde dehydrogenases has been investigated in yeast cells grown under different conditions. As occurs in other dehydrogenase reactions the NAD(P)+-linked enzyme was strongly repressed in all hypoxic conditions; nervetheless, the NADP+-linked enzyme was active. The results suggest that the NAD(P)+ aldehyde dehydrogenase is involved in the oxidation of ethanol to acetyl-CoA, and that when the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex is repressed the NADP+-linked aldehyde dehydrogenase is operative as an alternative pathway from pyruvate to acetyl-CoA: pyruvate leads to acetaldehyde leads to acetate leads to acetyl-Coa. In these conditions the supply of NADPH is advantageous to the cellular economy for biosynthetic purposes. Short term adaptation experiments suggest that the regulation of the levels of the aldehyde dehydrogenase-NAD(P)+ takes place by the de novo synthesis of the enzyme.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1977

Erschienen:

1977

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Revista espanola de fisiologia - 33(1977), 2 vom: 15. Juni, Seite 135-42

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Llorente, N [VerfasserIn]
de Castro, I N [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

0U46U6E8UK
53-59-8
Aldehyde Oxidoreductases
EC 1.2.-
Journal Article
NAD
NADP

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 25.08.1977

Date Revised 21.11.2013

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM000187534