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SUBMITTER: Luo Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9932481 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Luo Qin Q Das Avash A Oldoni Federico F Wu Panyun P Wang Jiangang J Luo Fei F Fang Zhenfei Z
Heliyon 20230131 2
Free fatty acids (FFAs) are essential energy sources for most body tissues. A fatty acid must be converted to fatty acyl-CoA to oxidize or be incorporated into new lipids. Acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 5 (ACSL5) is localized in the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrial outer membrane, where it catalyzes the formation of fatty acyl-CoAs from long-chain fatty acids (C16-C20). Fatty acyl-CoAs are then used in lipid synthesis or β-oxidation mediated pathways. ACSL5 plays a pleiotrop ...[more]