FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as FAP_CHLVA, FAP. Catalyzes the decarboxylation of free fatty acids to n-alkanes or n-alkenes in response to blue light (PubMed:28860382, PubMed:30106504, PubMed:30673222). Substrate preference is toward fatty acids with C16 or C17 chains (PubMed:28860382, PubMed:30106504, PubMed:30673222). Saturated fatty acids are converted to alkanes, not alkenes (PubMed:28860382). The decarboxylation is initiated through electron abstraction from the fatty acid by the photo-excited FAD (PubMed:28860382).

EXTERNAL LINKS

uniprot
enzyme classification

FAP

Fatty acid photodecarboxylase, chloroplastic

FAP

Molecular Synopsis