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The citramalate pathway for conversion of pyruvate to 2-ketobutyrate involves a carbon-chain elongation mechanism that uses an initial step of condensation with acetyl-CoA, followed by rearrangement, oxidation and elimination of a carbon to produce a keto acid differing from the original substrate by the presence of an additional carbon.
[ 1 ] ). It is thought that the major bile acid binding protein in the cytosol of rat hepatocytes is 3α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, a member of the aldo keto reductase supergene family [ 33 ] . However, the exact role of this protein in intracellular transport of bile acids and cytoprotection was undefined.
How does a single reductive enzyme know which keto groups to modify?
This results in keto groups remaining at some points in the chain; hydroxyl groups (–OH), formed by reduction of a keto group, at others; double bonds between some adjacent carbon atoms, resulting from removal of the hydroxyl by loss of water (dehydration); or full saturation with hydrogen atoms elsewhere, arising by ‘enoyl’ reduction of the double bond (Figure 1C).
The main variable in their structure is carbon chain length, with few choices of different building units or keto group modification, so the programming would (in principle) be simple.