| EC |
1.2.1.48 |
| Accepted name: |
long-chain-aldehyde dehydrogenase |
| Reaction: |
a long-chain aldehyde + NAD+ + H2O = a long-chain carboxylate + NADH + 2 H+ |
| Other name(s): |
long-chain aliphatic aldehyde dehydrogenase; long-chain fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase; fatty aldehyde:NAD+ oxidoreductase |
| Systematic name: |
long-chain-aldehyde:NAD+ oxidoreductase |
| Comments: |
The best substrate is dodecylaldehyde. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 59298-89-4 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Le Beault, J.M., Roche, B., Duvnjak, Z. and Azoulay, E. Alcool- et aldéhyde-déshydrogénases particulaires de Candida tropicalis cultivé sur hydrocarbures. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 220 (1970) 373–385. [DOI] [PMID: 5499619] |
| 2. |
Moreau, R.A. and Huang, A.H.C. Oxidation of fatty alcohol in the cotyledons of jojoba seedlings. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 194 (1979) 422–430. [DOI] [PMID: 36040] |
| 3. |
Moreau, R.A. and Huang, A.H.C. Enzymes of wax ester catabolism in jojoba. Methods Enzymol. 71 (1981) 804–813. |
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