Table 2. Effect of his-tagging on ACBP enhancement of microsomal glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) and acyl CoA synthetase (ACS).
ACBP | μM | GPAT (pmol/min/mg microsomal protein) | ACS (% fatty acid converted to fatty acyl CoA) |
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None | 176 ± 22 | 21.6 ± 0.4 | |
ACBP | 10 | 564 ± 118 | ND |
ACBP | 20 | 574 ± 79 | 30.8 ± 0.1 |
His-ACBP | 10 | 620 ± 128 | ND |
His-ACBP | 20 | 628 ± 56 | 30.0 ± 0.6 |
ND, not determined. Values represent the Mean ± SE, n=3 or 4.