Primary Recipient

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$91,041.00

Award Date

9/25/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Lipoic acid is an essential sulfur-containing cofacor that is found in several multienzyme complexes that are involved in energy metabolism. In its functional form it is covaleritly attached to the epsilon amino group of a specific lysine residue on a des