Title : Sjögren-Larsson syndrome. Deficient activity of the fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase component of fatty alcohol:NAD+ oxidoreductase in cultured fibroblasts.

Pub. Date : 1991 Nov

PMID : 1939650






1 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 Intact SLS fibroblasts oxidized octadecanol to fatty acid at less than 10% of the normal rate, but oxidized free octadecanal normally, suggesting that the FALDH affected in SLS is chiefly involved in the oxidation of fatty alcohol to fatty acid. stearyl alcohol aldehyde dehydrogenase 3 family member A2 Homo sapiens