Structural Insights of Yeast Fatty Acid Synthase
Xiong, Y., Lomakin, I.B., Steitz, T.A.(2007) Cell 129: 319-332
- PubMed: 17448991 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.03.013
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2PFF - PubMed Abstract: 
In yeast, the whole metabolic pathway for making 16- and 18-carbon fatty acids is carried out by fatty acid synthase, a 2.6 megadalton molecular-weight macromolecular assembly containing six copies of all eight catalytic centers. We have determined its crystal structure, which illuminates how this enzyme is initially activated and then carries out multiple steps of synthesis in each of six sterically isolated reaction chambers ...