In article <48c7m2$b8 at news.fonorola.net>, Harvey Hawes <HAWESG at cia.com> says:
>>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
>
Dear Harvey,
The enzyme responsible for this is acyl-CoA synthetase ( energy from ATP is needed)
Johann
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