6.
The metabolism of all-
trans- and 9-
cis-retinol/ retinaldehyde has been investigated with focus on the activities of human, mouse and rat alcohol dehydrogenase 2
(ADH2), an intriguing enzyme with apparently different functions in human and rodents. Kinetic constants were determined with
an HPLC method and a structural approach was implemented by
in silico substrate dockings. For human ADH2, the determined K
m values ranged from 0.05 to 0.3 μM and k
cat values from 2.3 to 17.6 min
−1, while the catalytic efficiency for 9-cis-retinol showed the highest value for any substrate. In contrast, poor activities
were detected for the rodent enzymes. A mouse ADH2 mutant (ADH2Pro47His) was studied that resembles the human ADH2 setup.
This mutation increased the retinoid activity up to 100-fold. The K
m values of human ADH2 are the lowest among all known human retinol dehydrogenases, which clearly support a role in hepatic
retinol oxidation at physiological concentrations.
Received 12 October 2006; received after revision 6 December 2006; accepted 8 January 2007
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