The structural basis of fatty acid elongation by the ELOVL elongases
L. Nie, A. C. Pike, T. C. Pascoa, S. R. Bushell, A. Quigley, G. F. Ruda, A. Chu, V. Cole, D. Speedman, T. Moreira, L. Shrestha, S. M. Mukhopadhyay, N. A. Burgess-Brown, J. D. Love, P. E. Brennan, E. P. Carpenter
The paper reports the structure of the human ELOVL7 elongase, revealing its catalytic mechanism and substrate-binding sites, with implications for inhibiting VLCFA accumulation in diseases.
bioRxiv · Nov 11, 2020Biochemistry