

Phytanoyl-Coenzyme A (Triethylammonium Salt) by Molecular Depot is a phytanoyl-coenzyme A triethylammonium salt, the coenzyme A thioester of the branched twenty-carbon fatty acid phytanic acid. Phytanic acid cannot be beta-oxidized because of its methyl branch at carbon 3, so it is activated to its CoA ester and alpha-oxidized in the peroxisome. It is used as a substrate in phytanoyl-CoA hydroxylase assays and in peroxisomal metabolism and Refsum disease research. Each unit contains 1 mg. MBP supplies Molecular Depot research reagents to research labs in the United States, Canada and worldwide.