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===Fatty acids, isoprenoids and sterol===
{{further|Fatty acid synthesis|Steroid metabolism}}
[[File:Sterol synthesis.svg|thumb|right|upright=1.6|Simplified version of the [[steroid synthesis]] pathway with the intermediates [[isopentenyl pyrophosphate]] (IPP), [[dimethylallyl pyrophosphate]] (DMAPP), [[geranyl pyrophosphate]] (GPP) and [[squalene]] shown. Some intermediates are omitted for clarity.]]
Fatty acids are made by [[fatty acid synthase]]s that polymerize and then reduce acetyl-CoA units. The acyl chains in the fatty acids are extended by a cycle of reactions that add the acyl group, reduce it to an alcohol, [[dehydration reaction|dehydrate]] it to an [[alkene]] group and then reduce it again to an [[alkane]] group. The enzymes of fatty acid biosynthesis are divided into two groups: in animals and fungi, all these fatty acid synthase reactions are carried out by a single multifunctional type I protein, while in plant [[plastid]]s and bacteria separate type II enzymes perform each step in the pathway.

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