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VI. Modification of Dietary and Endogenous Fatty Acids

              

Overview

The palmitate produced by fatty acid synthase is typically modified to give rise to the other fatty acids.

Fatty acids from dietary sources, too, are often modified.

These modifications may include:

• chain elongation to give longer fatty acids
• desaturation, giving unsaturated fatty acids.