20 Primarily, NADPH provides reducing equivalents for fatty acid synthase (FASN), the main rate-limiting enzyme, to synthesize fatty acids with acetyl-CoA serving as a primer and malonyl-CoA as a two-carbon donor, 21,22 and provides the needed electrons for ironsulfur (Fe/S) protein assembly that participate in non-essential amino acid biosynthesis and lipoic acid synthesis, tRNA modification, DNA replication and repair, and telomere maintenance
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217 Among these metabolic pathways, mitochondria, as the major organelles in iron utilization, involved in anabolic and catabolic pathways, play a crucial role in iron and energy metabolism
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