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Alcohol-forming fatty acyl-CoA reductase

Class of enzymes

Field	Value
Name	Alcohol-forming fatty acyl-CoA reductase
EC_number	1.2.1.84

Alcohol-forming fatty acyl-CoA reductase (, FAR (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name long-chain acyl-CoA:NADPH reductase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

: a long-chain acyl-CoA + 2 NADPH + 2 H+ \rightleftharpoons a long-chain alcohol + 2 NADP+ + coenzyme A

The enzyme has been characterized from the plant Simmondsia chinensis.

References

(March 2000). "Purification of a jojoba embryo fatty acyl-coenzyme A reductase and expression of its cDNA in high erucic acid rapeseed". Plant Physiology.

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