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    • Keywords

       

      Alpha-tocopheryl acetate hydrolase; chicken liver; bile salts

    • Abstract

       

      An enzyme catalysing the hydrolysis ofa-tocopheryl acetate was characterised in chicken liver. The enzyme was localised in the microsomes, had an optimum pH 8.6 and aKm value of 0.5 mM. The enzyme did not hydrolyse retinyl acetate, cholesteryl acetate and ethyl acetate, thus indicating a high degree of specificity.a-Tocopheryl acetate hydrolase required bile salts as a specific co-factor. The results suggested a role for this enzyme in the absorption of vitamin E.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      V N R Kartha1 N Jayanthi Bai1 Thomas George1 S Krishnamurthy1

      1. Department of Biochemistry, T.D. Medical College, Alleppey - 688 005

    • Dates

       
      Published
      June 1979
      Manuscript received
      24 July 1978
      Manuscript revised
      10 November 1978

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