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. 2002 Mar;68(3):1344–1350. doi: 10.1128/AEM.68.3.1344-1350.2002

FIG. 4.

FIG. 4.

Proposed biosynthetic scheme for tetradecylitaconic acid including: condensation of the oxaloacetic acid (step 2) carbonyl group with the α-methylene group of palmitoyl-S-CoA (step 1), hydroxyl removal from the resulting tetradecylcitric acid (step 3) and double bond formation, and decarboxylation of resulting tetradecyl-cis-aconitic acid (step 4), forming tetradecylitaconic acid (step 5).