ACS gene family

These sources were used to develop the Genetics Home Reference summary for the ACS gene family.

• Biochemistry (fifth edition, 2002): Fatty Acids Are Linked to Coenzyme A Before They Are Oxidized
• Watkins PA, Maiguel D, Jia Z, Pevsner J. Evidence for 26 distinct acyl-coenzyme A synthetase genes in the human genome. J Lipid Res. 2007 Dec;48(12):2736-50. Epub 2007 Aug 30. PubMed citation
• Witkowski A, Thweatt J, Smith S. Mammalian ACSF3 protein is a malonyl-CoA synthetase that supplies the chain extender units for mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis. J Biol Chem. 2011 Sep 30;286(39):33729-36. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.291591. Epub 2011 Aug 16. PubMed citation
• Digel M, Ehehalt R, Stremmel W, Füllekrug J. Acyl-CoA synthetases: fatty acid uptake and metabolic channeling. Mol Cell Biochem. 2009 Jun;326(1-2):23-8. doi: 10.1007/s11010-008-0003-3. Epub 2008 Dec 30. PubMed citation