Gas chromatographic analysis of fatty acids present in cells isolated from a particular strain of mice shows little to no palmitoleic and oleic acid but expected levels of palmitic acid. A defect in which of the following proteins is most likely causing the absence of the 2 fatty acids?
A) acetyl-CoA carboxylase
B) ATP-citrate lyase
C) ChREBP
D) fatty acid synthase
E) steroyl-CoA desaturase
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Q1: In studies with a particular cell line
Q2: You are studying fatty acid synthesis in
Q4: You are examining a 27-year-old female adult
Q5: You are studying the activity of acetyl-CoA
Q6: Glucose is known to regulate the activity
Q7: Which of the following enzymes is most
Q8: Acetyl-CoA is transported out of the mitochondria
Q9: Which of the following exerts a positive
Q10: ChREBP regulates the expression of numerous genes
Q11: When cells acquire sufficient energy such that
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