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acyl-CoA dehydrogenase

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acyl-CoA dehydrogenase /ac·yl-CoA de·hy·dro·gen·ase/ (de-hi´dro-jen-ās) any of several enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of acyl coenzyme A thioesters as a step in the degradation of fatty acids. Individual enzymes are specific for certain ranges of acyl chain lengths: long-chain a.-CoA d. (LCAD), medium-chain a.-CoA d. (MCAD), and short-chain a.-CoA d. (SCAD).


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An international team of doctors recently reported successes in using ketones to treat three children with the rare genetic disease known as multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, or MADD.
[21] The activity levels of acyl-CoA dehydrogenase and HAD ([beta]oxidation enzymes) and CS, NAD-isocitrate dehydrogenase, and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase (citric acid cycle enzymes) were decreased in 24-month-old untrained male Wistar rats' soleus muscles ("red oxidative") as compared with the soleus muscles of 6-month-old untrained rats.
As part of the January observance of Birth Defects Prevention Month, the March of Dimes is announcing it has widened its core list of recommended newborn screening tests for all states to include the metabolic disorder called medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency -- affecting about 1 in every 15,000 infants born in the U.
 
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