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Table 1 Predominant localization of the major metabolic functions and proteins in zones of hepatocytes

From: Role of BAF60a/BAF60c in chromatin remodeling and hepatic lipid metabolism

Periportal zone

Perivenous zone

References

Metabolic function

Protein

Metabolic function

Protein

Lipid metabolism

Fatty-acid oxidation, Cholesterol synthesis

3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase, CPI

Lipogenesis

ACC, ACL, FAS,

[10–12, 14, 15, 56, 57]

Ketogenesis

β-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase,

Bile acid synthesis

Glucose metabolism

Gluconeogenesis

G6Pas, FBPas, PEPCK, Lactate dehydrogenase

Glycolysis

GK, PKL

[10, 11, 55, 58],

Glycogen synthesis

Alanine aminotransferase

Ammonia and aminoacid utilization

Urea synthesis, Aminoacid degradation

CPS1, OTC, ASS, Arg, TAT, SerDH, Alanine aminotransferase

Glutamine synthesis

GS

[10, 11, 55, 59–61]

Aspartate aminotranferase

Xenobiotic metabolism

  

Monooxygenation, Glucuronidation

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases

[11, 55]

GST, sulfotransferases

  1. Abbreviations: CPI carnitine palmitoyltransferase I, ACC acetyl-CoA carboxylase, ACL ATP citrate lyase, FAS fatty acid synthase, G6Pas glucose-6-phosphatase, FBPas fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, PEPCK phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, GK glucokinase, PK L pyruvate kinase isoenzyme L, CPS1 carbamoylphosphate synthetase, OTC ornithine carbamoyl transferas, ASS arginine succinate synthetase, Arg1 Arginase 1, TAT tyrosine aminotransferase, SerDH serine dehydratase, GS glutamine synthase, GST glutathione S-transferase