Biosynthesis of lipids

Parent categories	2. Metabolism 2.4. Lipid metabolism
Neighbouring categories	2.4.1. Utilization of lipids 2.4.2. Biosynthesis of lipids 2.4.3. Lipid metabolism/ other
Related categories	FapR regulon
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Genes in this functional category

Biosynthesis of fatty acids

• accA
• accB
• accC
• accD
• acpA
• acpS
• birA
• fabD
• fabF
• fabG
• fabHA
• fabHB
• fabI
• fabL
• fapR
• plsC
• plsX
• ycsD
• yhdN
• ywpB

Biosynthesis of phospholipids

• cdsA
• clsA
• gpsA
• mprF
• pgsA
• plsY
• psd
• pssA
• ywiE
• ywjE

Biosynthesis of isoprenoids

• fni
• ispC
• ispD
• ispE
• ispF
• ispG
• ispH
• nudF
• uppS
• yhfR
• yisP
• yqiD

Key reviews

Yasutaro Fujita, Hiroshi Matsuoka, Kazutake Hirooka
Regulation of fatty acid metabolism in bacteria.
Mol Microbiol: 2007, 66(4);829-39
[PubMed:17919287] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Stephen W White, Jie Zheng, Yong-Mei Zhang, Rock
The structural biology of type II fatty acid biosynthesis.
Annu Rev Biochem: 2005, 74;791-831
[PubMed:15952903] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)