| Name : | Fatty acid oxidation |
| Organism : | Tetrahymena thermophila |
| Description : | Peroxisome plays a key ROLE in the oxidation of fatty acids (FA) in all peroxisomal bearing organisms. The peroxisome FA substrates in mammals are mainly:
1) 1) very-long-chain fatty acids like C26:0, which are oxidized by the straight chain FA pathway 2) methyl-branched FA like phytanic acid, which are oxidized by the branched chain FA pathway 3) intermediates of the primary bile acids, which are oxidized by the di- and trihydroxycolestanoic acid oxidation pathway 4) and dicarboxylics acids oxidized by the long-chain dicarboxylics pathway. |
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Lipid metabolism
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