title: Phytanic acid oxidation in man: identification of a new enzyme catalysing the formation of 2-ketophytanic acid from 2-hydroxyphytanic acid and its deficiency in the Zellweger syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Department of Pediatrics, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Wanders
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: van Roermund
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Schor
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: ten Brink
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jakobs
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007651:Keto Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008830:Microbodies / Q000201:enzymology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010831:Phytanic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015211:Zellweger Syndrome / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D007651:Keto Acids; D010831:Phytanic Acid; C002585:2-hydroxyphytanic acid; D010088:Oxidoreductases