4. Unsaturated fatty acids are fatty acids that contain one or more double bonds. Double bonds can form by dehydration reaction as demonstrated below. Propose a one-step mechanism for an enzymatic dehydration reaction using histidine and aspartic acid side chains. H OH O ACP `ACP

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4. Unsaturated fatty acids are fatty acids that contain one or more double bonds. Double bonds
can form by dehydration reaction as demonstrated below. Propose a one-step mechanism for
an enzymatic dehydration reaction using histidine and aspartic acid side chains.
H OH O
ACP
`ACP
Transcribed Image Text:4. Unsaturated fatty acids are fatty acids that contain one or more double bonds. Double bonds can form by dehydration reaction as demonstrated below. Propose a one-step mechanism for an enzymatic dehydration reaction using histidine and aspartic acid side chains. H OH O ACP `ACP
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