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V. De novo Synthesis of Fatty Acids

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Enzymes and Isolated Reactions: Acetyl CoA carboxylase

Acetyl CoA carboxylase has three important features.

  1. It contains the prosthetic group, biotin.
    Biotin
  2. The carboxylation reaction is driven to completion by hydrolysis of ATP.
  3. The enzyme catalyzes the rate-limiting reaction for fatty acid synthesis, and is under tight short-term control.

To summarize, it is controlled both allosterically (citrate, palmitoyl CoA) and by covalent modification (phosphorylation/dephosphorylation).

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