formate used in liquid chromatography were purchased from Fisher Scientific
(Santa Clara, CA). BACs of various alkyl chain lengths (C10-,
C12-, C14-, and C16-BAC), the DHCR7
inhibitor AY9944, and all synthetic reagents and starting materials were from
Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO). Deuterated NMR solvents were from Cambridge
Isotopes Laboratories, Inc. (Andover, MA). Human liver tissues were obtained
from the School of Pharmacy Human Liver Bank at the University of Washington
(Seattle, WA). Human recombinant CYP enzymes individually-expressed in
Escherichia coli (EasyCYP Bactosomes) co-expressing human
cytochrome P450 reductase and, where indicated as +b5, supplemented
with purified human cytochrome b5 (CYPs 1A2, 2A6+b5, 2A13,
2B6+b5, 2C8+b5, 2C9+b5, 2C19+b5,
2D6, 2E1+b5, 2J2, 3A4+b5, 3A5+b5,
4A11+b5, 4F2+b5, and 4F3B+b5) and membrane
protein from E. coli with empty expression plasmid (EasyCYP
Control Bactosomes) were from XenoTech, LLC (Lenexa, KS). Human recombinant
CYP4F12 containing human cytochrome P450 reductase and cytochrome b5in insect microsomes isolated from baculovirus-transfected insect cells (CYP4F12
Supersomes) and negative control insect cell microsomes (Control Supersomes)
were from Corning (Corning, NY). NADPH co-factor was from Oriental Yeast (Tokyo,
Japan).