(NADPH)
EC 1.3.1.34;
systematic name:
trans-2,3-didehydroacyl-CoA:NADP
+ 4-oxidoreductase;
other name: 4-enoyl-CoA reductase (NADPH). An enzyme of the pathway for oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids that catalyses the reduction by NADPH of
trans,
trans-2,3,4,5-tetradehydroacyl-CoA to
trans-2,3-didehydroacyl- CoA, a normal substrate of
β oxidation. For the bacterial enzyme, this is a direct product of the enzyme, but for the mammalian enzyme the product is
trans-3,4-didehydroacyl- CoA, which must undergo isomerization to
trans-2,3-didehydroacyl- CoA. See also
unsaturated fatty acid oxidation.