Term Name: | mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation multienzyme complex |
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Synonyms: | fatty acid beta-oxidation multienzyme complex, trifunctional enzyme |
Definition: | A multienzyme complex possessing three activities in two subunits (alpha and beta) that catalyzes three steps of the fatty acid beta-oxidation cycle within the mitochondrial matrix. The alpha subunit comprises the enoyl-CoA hydratase (ECH) and 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (HACD) activities, and the beta subunit contains the acetyl-CoA C-acyltransferase (KACT)/thiolase activity. |
Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0016507] QuickGO AmiGO |