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. 1975 Jul;150(1):77–88. doi: 10.1042/bj1500077

The role of intermediates in mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation.

K K Stanley, P K Tubbs
PMCID: PMC1165706  PMID: 1201010

Abstract

1. Rat liver mitochondria oxidizing [16-14C]palmitoylcarnitine accumulate saturated long-chain thiester intermediates which may be detected by radio-g.1.c.2. Time-courses of intermediate accumulation display no product-precursor relationships and the end product, measured as [14C]citrate, is produced without a detectable initial lag. 3. A short pulse of [16-14C]palmitoylcarnitine followed by unlabelled palmitoylcarnitine showed that the observed intermediates(at least in the greater part)were not the direct precursors of [14C]citrate. 4. The quantity of saturated intermediates depended on the total accumulated flux of acyl units through the pathway provided that some mitochondrial CoA and unused substrate remained. 5. In the presence of rotenone and carnitine, 2-unsaturated, 3-unsaturated and 3-hydroxy intermediates were formed as well as saturated intermediates...

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