Title : Human long chain, very long chain and medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenases are specific for the S-enantiomer of 2- methylpentadecanoyl-CoA.

Pub. Date : 1998 Feb 23

PMID : 9487154






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1 In humans, long chain 2-branched chain fatty acids such as pristanic acid are largely thought to be metabolized in peroxisomes through desaturation of their CoA esters by branched chain acyl-CoA oxidase, but LCAD is also capable of utilizing 2-methyldecanoyl- and 2-methylpalmitoyl-CoA as substrate [1]. pristanic acid acyl-CoA dehydrogenase long chain Homo sapiens