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Fatty acid synthase cooperates with glyoxalase 1 to protect against sugar toxicity.
PLoS genetics - 1 Feb 2015
Garrido Damien, Rubin Thomas, Poidevin Mickael, Maroni Brigitte, Le Rouzic Arnaud, Parvy Jean-Philippe, Montagne Jacques
Abstract excerpt
Fatty acid (FA) metabolism is deregulated in several human diseases including metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and cancers. Therefore, FA-metabolic enzymes are potential targets for drug therapy, although the consequence of these treatments must be precisely evaluated at the organismal and cellular levels. In healthy organism, synthesis of triacylglycerols (TAGs)-composed of three FA units esterified to a...
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