FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
Pathway: FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS (MITOCHONDRIA)
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General Information
Name
FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS (MITOCHONDRIA)
Species
D. melanogaster
Symbol
MTFABIO
FlyBase ID
FBgg0002247
Date last reviewed
2026-07-28
Number of members
6
Description
Description
Mitochondrial fatty acid biosynthesis involves the building of fatty acyl chains on a soluble scaffold protein known as acyl carrier protein (ACP) by the stepwise addition of 2 carbon units per cycle. It produces acyl-chain of various length (C4-C18) that are required for several processes, including synthesis of the lipoate cofactor (octanoyl-ACP), biogenesis of iron-sulfur (FeS) clusters, assembly of oxidative phosphorylation complexes, and mitochondrial translation. (Adapted from PMID:30352195 and FBrf0257649.)
Notes

Acsf3 is a putative mitochondrial malonyl-CoA synthetase that can provide malonyl-CoA use by beg in the initial step of fatty acid biosynthesis. However, as Acsf3 is specifically expressed in testis, it is not included in the gene list. Unlike humans that have separate genes for cytosolic (ACACA) and mitochondrial (ACACB) acetyl-CoA carboxylase synthetases, D. melanogaster has only one gene, Acc. It is likely that one of its 3 isoforms might be localized to the mitochondrion. In Dmel, 3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] reductase activity is carried out by a single enzyme CG3603, similarly to S. cerevisiae (OAR1) and E. coli (FabG). In humans, this activity is carried out by the KAR complex composed of HSD17B8 and CBR4). The gene coding for 3-hydroxyacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] dehydratase is not known.

Source Material
The FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS (MITOCHONDRIA) Gene Group has been compiled using the following publication(s): Dutta et al., 2023, Lambrechts et al., 2019, and Parvy et al., 2012 .
Key Gene Ontology (GO) terms
Cellular Component
Related Gene Groups
Parent group(s)
GO Causal Activity Model (GO-CAM)
Members (6)
For all members:
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External Data
Note: The Drosophila pathways shown at external resources are computed and may therefore differ from the manually curated and verified pathway shown above.
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Synonyms and Secondary IDs
Synonym(s)
MTFABIO
FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS (MITOCHONDRIA)
mtFAS
fatty acid biosynthesis type II
Secondary FlyBase ID(s)
References (5)