Fatty acid synthesis

Definition

In biochemistry, fatty acid synthesis is the process by which fatty acids, the fundamental building blocks of fats, are derived from metabolic intermediates through the coordinated actions of enzymes.

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"non-methylene interrupted" (NMI) fatty acids 2,4 Dienoyl-CoA reductase 2-oxoadipate dehydrogenase complex 3-Hydroxyacyl ACP dehydrase 3-hydroxyacyl-ACP dehydratase 2 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase 3-oxoacyl-(acyl-carrier-protein) reductase 3-oxoacyl-ACP synthase 4'-phosphopantetheine AASDHPPT ACACA ACADL ACADM ACADS ACADSB ACADVL ACSF3 ATP citrate lyase ATP citrate synthase ATP synthase Acetone–butanol–ethanol fermentation Acetyl-CoA Acetyl-CoA C-acyltransferase Acetyl-CoA carboxylase Actinomycetales Activated T cell Active site Acyl-CoA Acyl-CoA synthetase Acyl Carrier Protein Acyl CoA dehydrogenase Acyl chain Acyltransferase Adenosine triphosphate Adipocyte Adipose tissue Adrenaline Aerobic respiration Alanine Aldehyde Aliphatic compound Allosteric regulation Alpha-Ketoglutaric acid Alpha-keto acid Alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase Amino acid Amino acid metabolism Amino acid synthesis Amino sugar Aminolevulinic acid Anabolism Anaerobic respiration Animal Anoxygenic photosynthesis Antioxidant Apo-enzyme Apoptosis Arachidonic acid Arginine Aromatic amino acid Ascorbate Aspartic acid B cell Bacillus Bacillus subtilis Bacteria Beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthase Beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthase I Beta-oxidation Beta oxidation Bile acid Bile pigment Biochemistry Bioenergetics Biogenesis Bioinorganic chemistry Biotin Branched-chain-2-oxoacid decarboxylase Branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex Branched-chain amino acid Branched-chain fatty acid Butyric acid Calciferol Carbohydrate catabolism Carbohydrate metabolism Carbon Carbon dioxide Carbon fixation Carbonyl reductase 4 Carboxyl group Carboxylation Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase Carnitine palmitoyltransferase I Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II Carotenoid Catabolism Cell (biology)Cell membrane Cell signaling Cell survival Cellular differentiation Cellular proliferation Cellular respiration Ceramide Chemosynthesis Chlorophyll Chlororespiration Cholesterol Citrate Citrate–malate shuttle Citric acid Citric acid cycle Cobalamin Coenzyme A Cofactor (biochemistry)Combined malonic and methylmalonic aciduria Condensation reaction Cortisol Covalent bond Creatine Cytoplasm Cytosol DNA replication DeLey-Doudoroff pathway De novo synthesis Deamination Decarboxylation Dehydration reaction Denaturation (biochemistry)Desaturase Disaccharide Dodecanoic acid Double bond Eicosanoid Eicosanoid metabolism Electron donor Electron transport chain Elongase Embryo Endocannabinoid system Endoplasmic reticulum Energy metabolism Enoyl-ACP reductase Enoyl-CoA hydratase Enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase Enoyl ACP reductase Enoyl CoA isomerase Entner-Doudoroff pathway Enzyme Epinephrine Erythrose 4-phosphate Essential fatty acid Essential fatty acids Ethanol fermentation Ethanol metabolism Eukaryote Evolutionarily conserved Fatty-acid metabolism disorder Fatty-acyl-CoA synthase Fatty acid Fatty acid degradation Fatty acid desaturase Fatty acid metabolism Fatty acid metabolism regulator protein FadR Fatty acid synthase Fatty acyl synthase Fermentation Ferroptosis Free fatty acid Fructolysis Fungus Galactolysis Gene knockdown Genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screens Glucagon Glucogenic amino acid Gluconeogenesis Glucose 6-phosphate Glutamic acid Glycan Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate Glycerol Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase Glycerolipid Glycerolipids jiu Glycerolipids miok Glycerophospholipid Glycine cleavage system Glycogen Glycogenesis Glycogenolysis Glycolysis Glycoprotein Glycosphingolipid Glycosylation Glyoxylate cycle Glyoxylic acid HADHA HADHB HSD17B8 Heme Hepatocyte Heptadecanoic acid Heterogeneous Histidine Holoprotein Homeostasis Homoserine Hormone Human iron metabolism Hydrocarbon chain Hydrophobe Hydroxyacyl-Coenzyme A dehydrogenase Immunometabolism Indiana State University Inflammation Inner mitochondrial membrane Inositol phosphate Insulin International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Iron–sulfur cluster Isocitrate dehydrogenase Isoform Isoleucine Isopentenyl pyrophosphate Journal of Biological Chemistry Ketogenesis Ketogenic amino acid Ketone bodies Ketosis Krebs cycle LDL cholesterol Lactation Lactic acid Lactic acid fermentation Leloir pathway Leucine Leucine‑tyrosine‑arginine motif Light-dependent reactions Linoleate Linoleic acid Linolenate Lipid Lipid metabolism Lipid signaling Lipid synthesis Lipogenesis Lipoic acid Lipolysis Lipoylation Liver Long-chain-aldehyde dehydrogenase Long chain fatty acids Lysine Lysophospholipid MCAT (gene)MECR MEPAN syndrome Macrophage Malate dehydrogenase Malic acid Malonic acid Malonyl-CoA Malonyl-CoA decarboxylase Malonyl-mtACP Mammal Mammary glands Marine invertebrates Medicine Metabolic network Metabolic pathway Metabolism Metalloprotein Methyl group Methylene group Methylerythritol phosphate Mevalonate pathway Mevalonic acid Mitochondrial acyl carrier protein Mitochondrial matrix Mitochondrial trifunctional protein Mitochondrion Monosaccharide Monounsaturated fat Multifunctional enzyme Mycobacterium Myristoyl‑ACP N-linked glycosylation NAD+NADH NADK2 NADP+NADPH Naive T cell Neurogenesis Neurospora crassa Neurotransmitters Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate Nomenclature Non-mevalonate pathway Norepinephrine Nucleic acid Nucleic acid metabolism Nucleotide Nucleotide salvage Nucleotide sugar Nutrition O-linked glycosylation Odd-chain fatty acid Oleic acid Omega-6 fatty acids Omega−3 fatty acid Optic atrophy 15 Orthology (biology)Oxaloacetate Oxaloacetic acid Oxidative phosphorylation Oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex Palmitate Palmitic acid Palmitoleic acid Palmitoyl-CoA Palmitoyl‑ACP Paracrine signaling Pentadecanoic acid Pentose phosphate pathway Phosphagen Phosphoglycerate Phospholipid Phosphopantetheinylation Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate Phosphorylation Photorespiration Photosynthesis Photosystem Phylogenetics Plant Plastid Polyamine Polyketide Polyol pathway Polypeptide chain Polysaccharide Polyunsaturated fat Polyunsaturated fatty acid Post-translational modification Precursor (chemistry)Primary nutritional groups Product (chemistry)Prokaryote Proline Propionyl-CoA Propionyl-CoA carboxylase Prostaglandin Protein Protein biosynthesis Protein catabolism Protein metabolism Proteoglycan Proteolysis Pseudomonas aeruginosa Purine metabolism Purine nucleotide cycle Pyrimidine metabolism Pyruvate Pyruvate dehydrogenase Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex Pyruvic acid Quinone Radiosynthesis (metabolism)Rate-limiting enzyme Rate-limiting step (biochemistry)Redox Reducing agent Regulon Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Repressor Research Residue (chemistry)Retinoid Reverse cholesterol transport Ribose 5-phosphate S-adenosyl-methionine Saccharomyces cerevisiae Saturated and unsaturated compounds Saturated fat Saturated fatty acid Serine Shikimate pathway Shikimic acid Sialic acid Signal transduction Sphingolipid Sphingolipid metabolism Stearic acid Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 Steroid Stoichiometry Streptomyces Substrate-level phosphorylation Substrate (chemistry)Succinic acid Succinyl-CoA Sugar acid T cell Terpenoid ThYme (database)Thioester Thioesterase Thiol group Thyroid hormone Tocopherol Transacylase Transamination Transcription (genetics)Transcriptional regulation Transit map Translation (biology)Triacontanoic acid Tricarboxylate transport protein, mitochondrial Triglyceride Tuberculostearic acid Two-component system Unsaturated fat Unsaturated fatty acids Urea cycle Vaccenic acid Valine Vitamin Vitamin A Vitamin B Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K Wax Xylose metabolism Yeast Α-ketoisocaproate Β-Ketoacyl ACP reductase Β-ketoacyl-ACP synthase

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