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Chapter 13: Q17P (page 440)

Diacylglycerol is a substrate for the enzyme diacylglycerol kinase. What is the product of this reaction?

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Diacylglycerol is phosphorylated to phosphatidic acid.

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Description of B.anthracis toxin lethal factor.

A kinase is an enzyme that phosphorylates - OH group. Diacylglycerol kinase, therefore, is the enzyme responsible for the phosphorylation of diacylglycerol to phosphatidic acid.

02

Explanation 

The reaction is given below:

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