acyl CoA dehydrogenase

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Introduction

Catalyzes first step of beta oxidation of fatty acids.

A number of straight-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenases of different substrate specificities are present in mammalian tissues.

Laboratory

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References

  1. Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations, 3rd ed., TM Devlin (ed), Wiley-Liss, NY 1992 pg 409
  2. Wikipedia; Note=butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/butyryl_CoA_dehydrogenase