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. 2019 Jan 7;9:783. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00783

Figure 3.

Figure 3

SIRT4 mediates fatty acid oxidation in muscle and adipose cells. In fed state, SIRT4 decreases the activity of the mitochondrial malonyl-CoA decarboxylase (MCD), which can increase malonyl-CoA levels, thus inhibiting FAO. In fasted state, the level malonyl-CoA of is decreased conversely.