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From: A comprehensive review of the family of very-long-chain fatty acid elongases: structure, function, and implications in physiology and pathology

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ELOVL Family Members in Cells. The ELOVL enzymes, short for "Elongation of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids," are the condensing enzymes that are proposed to govern substrate specificity and act as the bottleneck in the elongation process. KAR, 3-ketoacyl-CoA reductase; TER, trans-2,3-enoyl-CoA reductase; ER, endoplasmic reticulum

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European Journal of Medical Research

ISSN: 2047-783X

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