Bos taurus Protein: FAR2
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-690654.2
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol FAR2
Protein Name Fatty acyl-CoA reductase 2
Synonyms MLSTD1;
Species Bos taurus
Ensembl Protein ENSBTAP00000014725
InnateDB Gene IDBG-638574 (FAR2)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Catalyzes the reduction of fatty acyl-CoA to fatty alcohols. The preferred substrates are C16, C18, C18:1 and C18:2 but low activity can be observed with C10-C14 substrates (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
Subcellular Localization Peroxisome membrane {ECO:0000305}; Multi- pass membrane protein {ECO:0000305}. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane {ECO:0000305}; Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000305}. Note=Peroxisome in cells expressing low levels of the protein. Peroxisome and endoplasmic reticulum in cells expressing high levels of the protein (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
Disease Associations
Tissue Specificity
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0003824 catalytic activity
GO:0003854 3-beta-hydroxy-delta5-steroid dehydrogenase activity
GO:0016491 oxidoreductase activity
GO:0016616 oxidoreductase activity, acting on the CH-OH group of donors, NAD or NADP as acceptor
GO:0016620 oxidoreductase activity, acting on the aldehyde or oxo group of donors, NAD or NADP as acceptor
GO:0050062 long-chain-fatty-acyl-CoA reductase activity
GO:0050662 coenzyme binding
GO:0051287 NAD binding
GO:0080019 fatty-acyl-CoA reductase (alcohol-forming) activity
Biological Process
GO:0006629 lipid metabolic process
GO:0006694 steroid biosynthetic process
GO:0009058 biosynthetic process
GO:0035336 long-chain fatty-acyl-CoA metabolic process
GO:0055114 oxidation-reduction process
Cellular Component
GO:0005777 peroxisome
GO:0005778 peroxisomal membrane
GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
GO:0016020 membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
InterPro IPR000534 Semialdehyde dehydrogenase, NAD-binding
IPR001509 NAD-dependent epimerase/dehydratase, N-terminal domain
IPR002225 3-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/isomerase
IPR003869 Polysaccharide biosynthesis protein, CapD-like domain
IPR013120 Male sterility, NAD-binding
IPR026055 Fatty acyl-CoA reductase
PFAM PF01118
PF01370
PF01073
PF02719
PF07993
PF03015
PRINTS
PIRSF
SMART SM00859
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt Q0P5J1
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 534380
UniGene Bt.97146
RefSeq NP_001069490
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS
HPRD
IMGT
EMBL BC119968
GenPept AAI19969