Long-chain acyl-(acyl-carrier-protein) reductase explained

Long-chain acyl-(acyl-carrier-protein) reductase
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Long-chain acyl-(acyl-carrier-protein) reductase (long-chain acyl-[acp] reductase, fatty acyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] reductase, acyl-[acp] reductase) is an enzyme with systematic name long-chain-aldehyde:NAD(P)+ oxidoreductase (acyl-(acyl-carrier protein)-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

a long-chain aldehyde + acyl-carrier protein + NAD(P)+

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a long-chain acyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + NAD(P)H + H+

This enzyme catalyses the reaction in the opposite direction.

Notes and References

  1. Schirmer A, Rude MA, Li X, Popova E, del Cardayre SB . Microbial biosynthesis of alkanes . Science . 329 . 5991 . 559–62 . July 2010 . 20671186 . 10.1126/science.1187936 .

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