Mechanism of formation of bile acids from cholesterol: oxidation of 5bita-choles-tane-3alpha,7alpha,12alpha-triol and formation of propionic acid from the side chain by rat liver mitochondria.
D000818:Animals; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011422:Propionates / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D012492:Salts
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D011422:Propionates; D012492:Salts; D002784:Cholesterol; C029658:propionic acid
BILE ACIDS AND SALTS/metabolism; CHOLESTEROL/metabolism; LIVER/metabolism; MITOCHONDRIA/metabolism; PROPIONATES/metabolism