FAR2, fatty acyl-CoA reductase 2

FAR2, fatty acyl-CoA reductase 2

• This gene belongs to the short chain dehydrogenase/reductase superfamily. It encodes a reductase enzyme involved in the first step of wax biosynthesis wherein fatty acids are converted to fatty alcohols. The encoded peroxisomal protein utilizes saturated fatty acids of 16 or 18 carbons as preferred substrates. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been observed for this gene. Related pseudogenes have been identified on chromosomes 2, 14 and 22. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2012]

• Gene Synonyms (HEL-S-81, MLSTD1, SDR10E2, fatty acyl-CoA reductase 2, epididymis secretory protein Li 81, male sterility domain-containing protein 1, short chain dehydrogenase/reductase family 10E, member 2,)
• NCBI Gene ID: 55711
• Species: Homo sapiens (Human)
• UNIPROT ID#>>Q9NUX8
  UNIPROT ID#>>Q96K12
  UNIPROT ID#>>A0A024RAW7
  UNIPROT ID#>>B2RBI0
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fatty acyl-CoA reductase 2 interacts with:

• IQ motif containing F1
  protocadherin gamma subfamily B, 1
  sodium voltage-gated channel beta subunit 3
  solute carrier family 39 member 12

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