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Fat metabolism in higher plants: Metabolism of medium chain fatty acids

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Cell free preparations of avocado mesocarp and spinach leaf tissue rapidly convert lauryl CoA to DL-3-hydroxyl lauric acid as well as 2−, and 3-dodecanoic acids. The conversion does not occur under anaerobic conditions unless a suitable redox carrier such as ferredoxin is present. H2 18O is incorporated into the 3-hydroxyl function, but O2 18 is not. The characteristics of this system are presented and a possible function of this system is proposed.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, 95616, Davis, California

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Sodja, A., Stumpf, P.K. Fat metabolism in higher plants: Metabolism of medium chain fatty acids. Lipids 10, 818–828 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02532327

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