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Fatty acid elongation by the ELOVL family of enzymes. Diagram of the four-step fatty acid elongation cycle indicating the mammalian (ALL CAPITALS) and the yeast enzymes involved in each step. The ELOVL family elongasaes catalyze the initial condensation reaction (Kihara, 2012; figure used with permission).
