On Jul 4, 3:02 am, Taka <taka0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 4, 1:13 am, MattLB <mat...@angelfire.com> wrote:
>
> > it's not a negative feedback
> > mechanism where increased AA inhibits the enzymes, it's a feed-forward
> > mechanism where the precursors i.e. LA and LNA inhibit their own
> > conversion to AA or EPA/DHA.
>
> You are dead wrong, MattLB.
You snipped the "As described" from the start of that sentence. I was
commenting on the mechanism described in the blog.
> Do you understand transcriptional gene regulation?
Of course, but that's different from direct inhibition of the
desaturating enzymes.
MattLB