Component
2-Methylpentadecanal
One-carbon-shortened aldehyde product of the defined branched HACL1 substrate.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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What it does
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Where it participates (unsigned role)
Purified rat peroxisomal HACL1 cleaved 2-hydroxy-3-methylhexadecanoyl-CoA into formyl-CoA and 2-methylpentadecanal, with activity dependent on ThDP and Mg2+.
Experimental context and source evidence
- cross_nutrient
- Direct B1/Mg dependence of a lipid-cleavage enzyme; not evidence that dietary Mg universally limits alpha oxidation.
- evidence
- [{"paper_key": "foulon-1999-hacl1", "source_bundle": "artifacts/thiamine_metabolism_sources.json", "passage_ids": ["abstract"], "locator": "Primary publication abstract", "preservation": "Exact text retained in the source bundle; full source document retained when openly retrievable."}]
- experimental_model
- Purified rat liver lyase; defined-substrate product identification.
- limitations
- Defined branched substrate and rat purified enzyme; not a human deficiency experiment.
- nutrient
- Thiamine (vitamin B1) · Thiamine (vitamin B1)
- nutrient_topic
- Thiamine research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Thiamine (vitamin B1)
- organism
- Rattus norvegicus
- plain_language
- B1 and magnesium support a carbon-cleavage reaction in fatty-acid alpha oxidation. Here the measured products are a one-carbon CoA ester and a shortened aldehyde.
- primary_references
- [foulon-1999-hacl1] Purification, molecular cloning, and expression of 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase, a peroxisomal thiamine pyrophosphate-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the carbon-carbon bond cleavage during alpha-oxidation of 3-methyl-branched fatty acids (1999). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10468558/ DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.18.10039
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Liver peroxisomes
Thiamine: mechanisms, deficiency and nutrient interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 976–988
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Purified rat liver lyase; defined-substrate product identification. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### b1-hacl1-rat-branched-cleavage Purified rat peroxisomal HACL1 cleaved 2-hydroxy-3-methylhexadecanoyl-CoA into formyl-CoA and 2-methylpentadecanal, with activity dependent on ThDP and Mg2+. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Thiamine research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: B1 and magnesium support a carbon-cleavage reaction in fatty-acid alpha oxidation. Here the measured products are a one-carbon CoA ester and a shortened aldehyde. organism: Rattus norvegicus tissue_or_cell_type: Liver peroxisomes experimental_model: Purified rat liver lyase; defined-substrate product identification. limitations: Defined branched substrate and rat purified enzyme; not a human deficiency experiment. evidence: [{"paper_key": "foulon-1999-hacl1", "source_bundle": "artifacts/thiamine_metabolism_sources.json", "passage_ids": ["abstract"], "locator": "Primary publication abstract", "preservation": "Exact text retained in the source bundle; full source document retained when openly retrievable."}] cross_nutrient: Direct B1/Mg dependence of a lipid-cleavage enzyme; not evidence that dietary Mg universally limits alpha oxidation. nutrient: Thiamine (vitamin B1) [foulon-1999-hacl1] Purification, molecular cloning, and expression of 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase, a peroxisomal thiamine pyrophosphate-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the carbon-carbon bond cleavage during alpha-oxidation of 3-methyl-branched fatty acids (1999). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10468558/ DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.18.10039
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