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Fatty acid synthesis in plants is carried out by a type I dissociable fatty acid synthase (FAS). There are three β-ketoacyl-ACP synthases (KAS) associated with FAS in plants. The short-chain condensing enzyme (KAS III) catalyses the initial condensation of acetyl-CoA with malonyl-ACP [1,2] to form acetoacetyl-ACP (4C) and may catalyse further rounds of condensation in vivo [3]. Further rounds of condensation are carried out by KAS I which catalyses the condensation of malonyl-ACP with intermediate length acyl-ACPs from acetoacetyl-ACP to myristoyl-ACP (14C) to give palmitoyl-ACP (16C). KAS II elongates palmitoyl-ACP (16C) to stearoyl-ACP (18C) [4].
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Jones, A.L., Dancer, J.E., Harwood, J.L. (1995). Inhibition of Fatty Acid Condensing Enzymes in Plants. In: Kader, JC., Mazliak, P. (eds) Plant Lipid Metabolism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8394-7_21
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