| EC |
1.1.1.164 |
| Accepted name: |
hexadecanol dehydrogenase |
| Reaction: |
hexadecanol + NAD+ = hexadecanal + NADH + H+ |
| Systematic name: |
hexadecanol:NAD+ oxidoreductase |
| Comments: |
The liver enzyme acts on long-chain alcohols from C8 to C16. The Euglena enzyme also oxidizes the corresponding aldehydes to fatty acids. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 62213-59-6 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Kolattukudy, P.E. Reduction of fatty acids to alcohols by cell-free preparations of Euglena gracilis. Biochemistry 9 (1970) 1095–1102. [DOI] [PMID: 4313936] |
| 2. |
Stoffel, W., Le Kim, D. and Heyn, G. Metabolism of sphingosine bases. XIV. Sphinganine (dihydrosphingosine), an effective donor of the alk-1-enyl chain of plasmalogens. Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem. 351 (1970) 875–883. [PMID: 5432753] |
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