title: Peroxisomal beta-oxidation enzymes.
abstract: Peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation enzymes are summarized in comparison to their mitochondrial counterparts. The peroxisomal enzymes involved in the beta-oxidation spiral are schematically classified into two groups. The first group consists of hitherto purified and characterized classical enzymes: palmitoyl-CoA oxidase, the L-bifunctional protein, and 3-ketoacyl-CoA. These enzymes are inducible and act on the straight chain substrates. The second group consists of recently identified enzymes, branched-chain oxidase, the D-bifunctional protein, and sterol-carrier protein x, which catalyze four reactions of beta-oxidation cycle. These are noninducible and act on branched-chain substrates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano 390, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D020675:Peroxisomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D010088:Oxidoreductases