Article
A general introduction to the biochemistry of mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Oct 2010
Houten Sander Michel, Wanders Ronald J A
Abstract excerpt
Over the years, the mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation (FAO) pathway has been characterised at the biochemical level as well as the molecular biological level. FAO plays a pivotal role in energy homoeostasis, but it competes with glucose as the primary oxidative substrate. The mechanisms behind this so-called glucose-fatty acid cycle operate at the hormonal, transcriptional and biochemical levels. Inherited...
Topics
- Animals
- Disease Models, Animal
- Energy Metabolism
- Fatty Acids
- Genotype
- Homeostasis
- Humans
- Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors
- Mice
- Mitochondria
- Mitochondrial Diseases
- Oxidation-Reduction
