Fatty acyl-CoA reductase 1 (male sterility domain-containing protein 2, MLSTD2, FAR1, UNQ2423/PRO4981)

Function

• catalyzes reduction of saturated fatty acyl-CoA with chain length C16 or C18 to fatty alcohols

Fatty acyl-CoA + 2 NADPH <--> fatty alcohol + 2 NADP+

Structure

belongs to the fatty acyl-CoA reductase family

Compartment

peroxisome membrane

More general terms

• oxidoreductase
• membrane protein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8WVX9.html