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De novo synthesis and mitochondrial elongation of fatty acids have been demonstrated in subcellular fractions from hog and human aorta. Microsomal fatty acid elongation has been shown in hog aorta. The activity catalyzing the formation of fatty acids from acetyl and malonyl CoA was associated with a high molecular weight complex in the 6×106g×min supernatant fraction. The principal product was palmitic acid. Some myristic and stearic acids were also formed. One elongation system was associated with protein which sedimented between 4500 g×min and 150,000 g×min. It used acetyl CoA but not malonyl CoA, and NADH was the preferred reducing agent. Radioactivity from acetyl CoA was incorporated into many fatty acids. In hog aorta a second elongation system was found associated with protein which sedimented at 6×106 g×min. It used malonyl CoA preferentially as substrate and either NADH or NADPH as reducing agent.
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Slakey, L.L., Ferrick, T.J., Ness, G.C. et al. De novo fatty acid synthesis and fatty acid elongation catalyzed by subcellular fractions from hog and human aorta. Lipids 14, 451–457 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02533461
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