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Facts about Fatty acyl-CoA reductase 2.
It might play a role in the production of ether lipids/plasmalogens and wax monoesters which synthesis requires fatty alcohols as substrates (By similarity). .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | FAR2 |
Uniprot: | Q96K12 |
Entrez: | 55711 |
Belongs to: |
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fatty acyl-CoA reductase family |
fatty acyl CoA reductase 2; FLJ10462; member 2; MLSTD1
Mass (kDA):
59.438 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 12p11.22 |
Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (29149101..29335617) |
Peroxisome membrane; Single-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 15220348 by Cheng J.B., et al. Mammalian wax biosynthesis: I. Identification of two fatty acyl- coenzyme A reductases with different substrate specificities and tissue distributions.
PMID: 24108123 by Honsho M., et al. Topogenesis and homeostasis of fatty acyl-CoA reductase 1.