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beta-Ketoacyl-ACP reductase (KR) domain of FAS

1 reactions · 1 pathways

What it does, reaction by reaction

1 reactions

Fatty Acid Synthesis (De Novo Lipogenesis) Lipid Metabolism · Cytosol

step 9 Irreversible/directional

β-Ketoacyl-ACP + NADPH + H+ → D-β-hydroxyacyl-ACP + NADP+

Converts beta-Ketoacyl-ACP NADPH H+ into D-beta-Hydroxyacyl-ACP NADP+

Notes

β-Ketoacyl-ACP reductase (KR) carries out the first reducing reaction in each elongation cycle. NADPH is the obligatory electron donor.

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What accelerates and inhibits it

Regulation is pathway-specific, so each context is listed separately

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