Term Information

Accession
GO:0080019
Name
alcohol-forming very long-chain fatty acyl-CoA reductase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
fatty acyl CoA reductase (alcohol-forming) activity, fatty acyl-CoA reductase (alcohol-forming) activity, fatty-acyl-CoA reductase (alcohol-forming) activity
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: a very long chain fatty acyl-CoA + NADPH + H+ = a very long chain primary alcohol + NADP+ + CoA. A very long chain fatty acid (VLCFA) is a fatty acid with an aliphatic tail of 22 or more carbons. Source: PMID:16980563
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0080019 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of alcohol-forming very long-chain fatty acyl-CoA reductase activity (GO:0080019)
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alcohol-forming very long-chain fatty acyl-CoA reductase activity [is_a relation] is_a  oxidoreductase activity, acting on the aldehyde or oxo group of donors, NAD or NADP as acceptor (GO:0016620)

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