Decarboxylation of 2-keto fatty acids by brain

An enzyme system consisting of washed acetone powder of pig brain, adenosine triphosphate, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, magnesium, fumaric acid, and ascorbic acid was found to catalyze the oxidative decarboxylation of 2-ketostearic acid. The products were carbon dioxide and heptadecanoic acid....

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Main Authors: W. Ewart Davies, Amiya K. Hajra, Surendra S. Parmar, Norman S. Radin, James F. Mead
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1966-03-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Subjects:
pig
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520392920