Über die Herkunft des Kohlenstoff-Atoms 7 in Cholesterin. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Biosynthese der Steroide

✍ Scribed by K. Bloch

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1953
• Tongue: German
• Weight: 255 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0018-019X
• DOI: 10.1002/hlca.19530360648

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Carbon atom 7 in biosynthetic cholesterol is shown to be derived from a methyl carbon of acetic acid. This result is discussed in relation to current hypotheses regarding the biological conversion of squalene to cholesterol.