Fatty acids are organic acids with at least one carboxyl (-C(=O)OH, -COOH or -CO2H) group and a long carbon chain that can be joined by double bonds, as in unsaturated fatty acids, or single bonds ...

Mammalian fatty acid synthase (FAS) is a homodimeric, multifunctional polypeptide which comprises two full sets of catalytic subunits that carry out fatty acid synthesis. A recently published X-ray ...

Conclusions: In KIRC, fatty acid-related metabolic enzymes are downregulated, but increased glutamine deamination leads to higher citrate availability, which inhibits phosphofructokinase 1. To ...

Fig 1. C. elegans fatty acid synthesis pathway and FAT-2 desaturase. (A) Simplified pathway of fatty acid synthesis and desaturation in C. elegans. Boxes indicate the name of the enzymes, FAT-2 ...

In this study, a novel two-step enzymatic reaction was developed for the synthesis of highly pure triacylglycerols (TAGs) with a high content of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Glyceride ...

Bacteria can precisely adjust their membrane lipid compositions to control the biophysical properties of their membranes, which allows them to thrive in various physical environments. Here ...

Food scientist and nutritionist Dr Anneline Padayachee takes a deep dive into the subject of fat in a healthy diet. Her conclusion? Dietary choices should be guided by balance, variety, and ...

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Researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil have identified a robust set of genetic markers associated with ...

Martin Vollmer, biopharma program manager at Agilent Technologies, spoke to LCGC International about the evolving importance of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapeutics and the challenges they ...