Interactions between the omega- and beta-oxidations of fatty acids.
(1987) Journal of Biochemistry — Vol. 102, n° 1, p. 225-234 (1987)
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- Long-chain monocarboxylic, omega-hydroxymonocarboxylic and dicarboxylic acids were activated approximately at the same rate by rat liver homogenates into their CoA esters (2-3 U/g liver). These acyl-CoA were substrates for rat liver peroxisomal beta-oxidation. The distribution of the peroxisomal oxidation of these substrates was also studied in various tissues. Rat liver mitochondria were capable of oxidizing long-chain monocarboxyl- and omega-hydroxymonocarboxylyl-CoAs but not dicarboxylyl-CoAs. When the mitochondrial preparations were incubated in coupling conditions, the addition of either free decanoic acid or free 10-hydroxydecanoic acid resulted in an increase of the oxygen uptake conversely to the addition of decanedioic acid. The comparative study of the chain-length substrate specificity of peroxisomal fatty acyl-CoA oxidase and mitochondrial fatty acyl-CoA dehydrogenase activities revealed that, actually, both types of organelles, peroxisomes and mitochondria, contain "oxido-reductases" active on long-chain monocarboxylyl-CoAs, omega-hydroxymonocarboxylyl-CoAs and dicarboxylyl-CoAs.
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Vamecq, J., & Draye, J.-P. (1987). Interactions between the omega- and beta-oxidations of fatty acids. Journal of Biochemistry, 102(1), 225-234. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/99773 (Original work published 1987)