FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS 147 



Caproic acid may be formed by a further condensation of 

 acetylpliosphate with butyric acid: — 



CH3.CH2.CH2.COOH + CH3.COOPO3H2 + 4H-> 



CH3.CH2.CH2.CH2.CH2.COOH + H3PO4 + H2O. 



FOR FURTHER READING 



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" Studies on the Acetone-Butanol Fermentation," Davies, K., 

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" Metabolic Generation and Utilisation of Phosphate Bond 

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" Non-oxidative Enzymes," Mann, T., and Lutwak-Mann, C, 

 Ann. Rev. Biochem., 1944, 13, 25. 



" Cellulose Decomposition by Micro-organisms," Norman, 

 A. G., and Fuller, W. H., Advances in Enzymology, 1942, 2, 239. 



Bacterial Metabolism, Stephenson, M. (Longmans). 



" Pyruvate Metabolism," Stotz, E., Advances in Enzymology, 

 1945, 5, 129. 



"Fatty Acid Synthesis by Clostridium kluyverii,'' Stadtman, 

 E. E., and Barker, H. A., J. Biol. Chem., 1949, 180, 1085, 

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