Substrate specificity of retinyl ester hydrolase activity in retinal pigment epithelium

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 604-612

  Mata, Jennifer R ^a   Mata, Nathan L ^a   Tsin, Andrew T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Retinoids; Retinyl palmitates

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; RETINOID; RETINOL ESTER; RETINOL PALMITATE; RETINYL PALMITATE ESTERASE; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMER; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIPID COMPOSITION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CATTLE; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; PALMITATES; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0031897043     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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