Abstract
Acetone powders of a 20,000g pellet fraction from spinach leaves (Spinacia oleracea L.) synthesized [4-14C]cholesteryl esters when incubated with [4-14C]cholesterol. The reaction was inhibited by digitonin. There was a reciprocal relationship between the decline of label in cholesterol and its incorporation into cholesteryl ester, indicating that free cholesterol was the direct precursor for cholesteryl ester biosynthesis. The hydrolysis of cholesteryl [1-14C]palmitate into free cholesterol and [1-14C]palmitate was not detected in these acetone powder preparations. Exogenous cholesteryl palmitate had no effect on the esterification of [4-14C]cholesterol. The data indicate that an esterase-type mechanism was not involved in the biosynthesis of these steryl esters. Label from [1-14C]palmitoyl-CoA was incorporated into steryl esters when incubated with spinach leaf acetone powder preparations. The optimal buffer for steryl ester biosynthesis was 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonate and the optimal pH was 6. Iodoacetamide, N-ethylmaleimide, and dithiothreitol had no effect on the esterification reaction. Ethylenediaminetetraacetate, MgCl2, CaCl2, MnCl2, and ZnSO4 inhibited at concentrations of 10 to 30 mm.
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