| EC |
1.2.1.84 |
| Accepted name: |
alcohol-forming fatty acyl-CoA reductase |
| Reaction: |
a long-chain acyl-CoA + 2 NADPH + 2 H+ = a long-chain alcohol + 2 NADP+ + CoA |
| Glossary: |
a long-chain acyl-CoA = an acyl-CoA thioester where the acyl chain contains 13 to 22 carbon atoms. |
| Other name(s): |
FAR (gene name); long-chain acyl-CoA:NADPH reductase |
| Systematic name: |
NADPH:long-chain acyl-CoA reductase |
| Comments: |
The enzyme has been characterized from the plant Simmondsia chinensis (jojoba). The alcohol is formed by a four-electron reduction of fatty acyl-CoA. Although the reaction proceeds through an aldehyde intermediate, a free aldehyde is not released. The recombinant enzyme was shown to accept saturated and mono-unsaturated fatty acyl-CoAs of 16 to 22 carbons. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB |
| References: |
| 1. |
Metz, J.G., Pollard, M.R., Anderson, L., Hayes, T.R. and Lassner, M.W. Purification of a jojoba embryo fatty acyl-coenzyme A reductase and expression of its cDNA in high erucic acid rapeseed. Plant Physiol. 122 (2000) 635–644. [PMID: 10712526] |
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| [EC 1.2.1.84 created 2012] |
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