Short-chain fatty acid activation in rat liver. A new assay procedure for the enzymes and studies on their intracellular localization.

Acyltransferases/metabolism Animals Butyrates/metabolism Carnitine/metabolism Cell Nucleus/enzymology Coenzyme A Cytoplasm/enzymology Drug Stability Fatty Acids/metabolism Freezing Glutamate Dehydrogenase/analysis Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase/analysis Ligases/metabolism Liver/cytology,enzymology,metabolism Lysosomes/enzymology Male Membranes/enzymology Methods Microsomes/enzymology Mitochondria, Liver/enzymology Propionates/metabolism Rats Tritium Vibration

Butyrates Fatty Acids Propionates Tritium Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase Glutamate Dehydrogenase Acyltransferases Ligases Carnitine Coenzyme A