mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation of saturated fatty acids

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R-HSA-77286
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Homo sapiens
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Once fatty acids have been imported into the mitochondrial matrix by the carnitine acyltransferases, the beta-oxidation spiral begins. Each turn of this spiral concludes with the repetitive removal of two carbon units from the fatty acyl chain. beta-oxidation of saturated fatty acids (fatty acids with even numbered carbon chains and no double bonds) involves four different enzymatic steps: oxidation, hydration, a second oxidation, and a concluding thiolysis step, resulting in the two-carbon acetyl-CoA and a newly CoA primed acyl-CoA for the next turn of the spiral.
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  The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease, 8th ed

Beaudet, AL, Scriver, CR, Sly, WS, Valle, D

  2001
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