Retinol O-fatty-acyltransferase
retinol O-fatty-acyltransferase | |||||||||
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ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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In
enzymology, a retinol O-fatty-acyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.76) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- acyl-CoA + retinol CoA + retinyl ester
Thus, the two
retinyl ester
.
This enzyme belongs to the family of
retinol metabolism
.
References
- Helgerud P, Petersen LB, Norum KR (1983). "Retinol esterification by microsomes from the mucosa of human small intestine. Evidence for acyl-Coenzyme A retinol acyltransferase activity". J. Clin. Invest. 71 (3): 747–53. PMID 6826734.
- Ross AC (1982). "Retinol esterification by rat liver microsomes. Evidence for a fatty acyl coenzyme A: retinol acyltransferase". J. Biol. Chem. 257 (5): 2453–9. PMID 7061433.