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Structural highlights

Function

AAR_SYNE7 Catalyzes the NADP-dependent reduction of long-chain acyl-ACP to the corresponding fatty aldehyde. Involved in the biosynthesis of alkanes, mainly heptadecane and pentadecane, by producing the fatty aldehydes used by aldehyde decarbonylase.^[1]

References

1. ↑ Schirmer A, Rude MA, Li X, Popova E, del Cardayre SB. Microbial biosynthesis of alkanes. Science. 2010 Jul 30;329(5991):559-62. doi: 10.1126/science.1187936. PMID:20671186 doi:10.1126/science.1187936