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Fatty acid synthase
Fatty acids are aliphatic acids funadmental to energy production and storage, cellular structure and as intermediates in the biosynthesis of hormones and other biologically important molecules. They are synthesised by a series of decarboxylative claisen condensation reactions from acetyl and Malonyl-CoA.
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