Alcohol-forming fatty acyl-CoA reductase

Alcohol-forming fatty acyl-CoA reductase (EC 1.2.1.84, FAR (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name long-chain acyl-CoA:NADPH reductase.^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

a long-chain acyl-CoA + 2 NADPH + 2 H⁺ ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ a long-chain alcohol + 2 NADP⁺ + coenzyme A

Alcohol-forming fatty acyl-CoA reductase
Identifiers
EC no.	1.2.1.84
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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The enzyme has been characterized from the plant Simmondsia chinensis.