Table 1.

Desaturase activities of hepatic subcellular fractions from animals induced for the enzyme

Fraction	Specific Activity (nmoles/min/mg)	%
Microsomes	2.5 to 2.8	100
P-1	0.3 to 0.5	12
P-2	0.2 to 0.8	15
Microsomes (high-salt washed)	2.5 to 2.8	100
Cytosol	NDa
High-salt wash	NDa

Cell fractionation and desaturase assay were performed as described in MATERIALS AND METHODS. 

^aND, not detected.