Activation & Transport of Fatty Acids | |
| View the 3-D version of this pathway. |
| Overall Reaction for the Pathway | ||
| Fatty Acid + ATP + Coenzyme A | ---> | Fatty Acyl-CoA + Pyrophosphate + AMP + H+ | |
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It should be noted, that all long chain fatty acids are transported into the matrix
of the mitochondria via the following pathway. Stearate is used only as a typical
example for illustration. | |
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| Fatty Acyl Adenylate | |
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| Fatty Acyl CoA | |
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| Fatty Acyl Carnithine | |
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| Fatty Acyl Carnithine | |
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| Fatty Acyl CoA |
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[The Metabolic Pathways of Biochemistry] - [Copyright © 1998 Karl J. Miller.] |