Function
Involved in both the production of very long-chain fatty acids for sphingolipid synthesis and the degradation of the sphingosine moiety in sphingolipids through the sphingosine 1-phosphate metabolic pathway. Catalyzes the last of the four reactions of the long-chain fatty acids elongation cycle. This endoplasmic reticulum-bound enzymatic process, allows the addition of 2 carbons to the chain of long- and very long-chain fatty acids/VLCFAs per cycle.
Biological Context
Subcellular Location: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane (Multi-pass membrane protein)
Tissue Specificity: Expressed in most tissues tested. Highly expressed in skeletal muscle
Disease Association: Intellectual developmental disorder, autosomal recessive 14 (MRT14) : A disorder characterized by significantly below average general intellectual functioning associated with impairments in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period. [The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry]
Pathway: Lipid metabolism; sphingolipid metabolism
Product Specifications
Recombinant Human Very-long-chain enoyl-CoA reductase (TECR) Protein is a recombinant protein from Homo sapiens (Human), expressed in in vitro E.coli expression system, covering amino acids 1-308aa, with N-terminal 10xHis-tagged tag, molecular weight 37.5kDa, purity Greater than 85% as determined by SDS-PAGE.. Suitable for ELISA and Western Blot applications. Explore more Enzyme proteins →
