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Acetyl CoA turned to Malonyl CoA

scilearner
in Chemistry

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Hello everyone,

 

My note says in fatty acid synthesis, one acetyl unit enters the synthesis pathway directly but the remainder must be first converted to malonyl CoA.

I can understand the latter but why does one acetyl unit enter directly where did it come from? Thanks :)

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