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Fatty acid activation?

Harvey Hawes HAWESG at cia.com
Wed Nov 15 03:17:06 EST 1995


Hi,

Could anybody tell me the enzyme that "activates" a fatty acid. That is, 
the enzyme that adds a SH-CoA group to a fatty acid so that it can 
undergo beta-oxidation etc. Does an enzyme do this or is it a result of 
an uncatalyzed thio-esterfication?

Harvey




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