Role of α-methylacyl-CoA racemase in lipid metabolism

Abstract α-Methylacyl-CoA racemase (Amacr) is an auxiliary enzyme of β-oxidation and participates in the elimination of methyl-branched fatty acids in peroxisomes and in mitochondria and in the synthesis of bile acids in peroxisomes. Amacr catalyzes in reversible manner the isomerization of fatty...

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Main Author: Selkälä, E. (Eija)
Other Authors: Hiltunen, K. (Kalervo)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Oulun yliopisto 2016
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Online Access:http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526211718
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