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Prior to about 1982 it was often assumed that the enzymes of the chloroplast fatty acid synthase would be organized into some sort of multienzyme complex even though the absolute requirement of all known plant fatty acid synthase (FAS) preparations for added acyl carrier protein (ACP) precluded the type of complex observed in yeast and mammalian cells. Then in 1982 three laboratories [1–3] independently showed that the FAS consisted of individual proteins that were readily separable by conventional gel filtration techniques i.e. the plant synthase was of the prokaryotic type, similar to that in E. coli. After that, the concept of a multienzyme complex synthesizing fatty acids in chloroplasts was effectively in limbo.
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Roughan, G., Ohlrogge, J. (1997). Is the Chloroplast Fatty Acid Synthase a Multienzyme Complex?. In: Williams, J.P., Khan, M.U., Lem, N.W. (eds) Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant Lipids. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2662-7_1
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