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LMP004290

UniProt Annotations

Entry Information
Gene Namefatty acyl CoA reductase 1
Protein EntryFACR1_HUMAN
UniProt IDQ8WVX9
SpeciesHuman
Comments
Comment typeDescription
Catalytic ActivityHexadecanal + CoA + NADP(+) = hexadecanoyl-CoA + NADPH.
FunctionCatalyzes the reduction of saturated fatty acyl-CoA with chain length C16 or C18 to fatty alcohols.
InteractionQ9BUV8:C20orf24; NbExp=1; IntAct=EBI-1045879, EBI-1050079;
SimilarityBelongs to the fatty acyl-CoA reductase family.
Subcellular LocationPeroxisome membrane ; Single-pass membrane protein .
SubunitInteracts (via C-terminus) with PEX19, the interaction is required for targeting to peroxisomes.