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EC 1.2.1.94 Details
EC number
1.2.1.94
Accepted name
farnesal dehydrogenase
Reaction
(2E,6E)-farnesal + NAD+ + H2O = (2E,6E)-farnesoate + NADH + 2 H+
Other name(s)
AaALDH3
Systematic name
farnesal:NAD+ oxidoreductase
Comment
Invoved in juvenile hormone production in insects. The enzyme was described from the corpora allata of Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly), Manduca sexta (tobacco hornworm) and Aedes aegypti (dengue mosquito).
History
created 2015
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