Fatty Acid Desaturases
Synonyms
Acyl CoA Desaturases
Desaturases, Fatty Acid
Enoyl CoA Reductases
Fatty Acid Desaturating Enzymes
Reductases, Enoyl CoA
A family of enzymes that catalyze the stereoselective, regioselective, or chemoselective syn-dehydrogenation reactions. They function by a mechanism that is linked directly to reduction of molecular OXYGEN.