Abstract
The availability of medium-chain fatty acids as substrates for triacylglycerol synthesis was studied in cultured and suspended rat adipocytes and in pieces of human adipose tissue. Octanoate was virtually excluded from glycerol 3-phosphate esterification while serving as a substrate for diacylglycerol esterification. This specificity was similar to that of cultured rat hepatocytes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 63-66 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids |
| Volume | 836 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 22 Aug 1985 |
Keywords
- (Rat, Human)
- Adipocyte
- Diacylglycerol acyltransferase
- Octanoate esterification
- Triacylglycerol synthesis