The citrate cleavage pathway and lipogenesis in rat adipose tissue: replenishment of oxaloacetate
Fatty acid synthesis via the citrate cleavage pathway requires the continual replenishment of oxaloacetate within the mitochondria, probably by carboxylation of pyruvate.Malic enzyme, although present in adipose tissue, is completely localized in the cytoplasm and has insufficient activity to suppor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1967-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520389173 |