ACSL3,4 ligates coenzyme A (CoA-SH) to palmitate yielding palmitoyl-coenzyme A in the pancreatic beta cell

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R-HSA-434382
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Reaction [transition]
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Homo sapiens
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ACSL3 and ACSL4 found on the mitochondria of pancreatic beta cells ligate coenzyme A (Co-A) to fatty acids such as palmitate (Ansari et al. 2017) prior to transport into mitochondria by the carnitine system and beta oxidation in the mitochondrial matrix yielding ATP.
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
28193492 Characterization of Acyl-CoA synthetase isoforms in pancreatic beta cells: Gene silencing shows participation of ACSL3 and ACSL4 in insulin secretion

Stoker, SW, Ansari, IH, MacDonald, MJ, Fernandez, LA, Kendrick, MA, Ntambi, JM, Zitur, LJ, Longacre, MJ, O'Neill, LM

Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 2017
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palmitoyl-CoA ligase activity of ACSL3,4 [mitochondrial outer membrane]

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