wax esters biosynthesis I

Metz JG, Pollard MR, Anderson L, Hayes TR, Lassner MW. Purification of a jojoba embryo fatty acyl-coenzyme A reductase and expression of its cDNA in high erucic acid rapeseed. Plant Physiol. 2000 Mar;122(3):635–44. PMID: 10712526; PMCID: PMC58898.; Lardizabal KD, Metz JG, Sakamoto T, Hutton WC, Pollard MR, Lassner MW. Purification of a jojoba embryo wax synthase, cloning of its cDNA, and production of high levels of wax in seeds of transgenic arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 2000 Mar;122(3):645–55. PMID: 10712527; PMCID: PMC58899.; Lassner MW, Lardizabal K, Metz JG. A jojoba beta-Ketoacyl-CoA synthase cDNA complements the canola fatty acid elongation mutation in transgenic plants. Plant Cell. 1996 Feb;8(2):281–92. PMID: 8742713; PMCID: PMC161098.

Metabolites

H+

Formula: H (1.0078246)

CAS ID: 12408-02-5

NADPH(4-)

Formula: C21H26N7O17P3 (741.0598016)

CAS ID: 53-57-6

NADP(3-)

Formula: C21H25N7O17P3 (740.051977)

CAS ID: 53-59-8



Enzyme

EC Number name full name note
1.2.1.84 alcohol-forming fatty acyl-CoA reductase long-chain acyl-CoA:NADPH reductase
2.3.1.75 long-chain-alcohol O-fatty-acyltransferase acyl-CoA:long-chain-alcohol O-acyltransferase


Proteins

Protein ID name full name