MetaCyc Pathway: fatty acid elongation -- saturated in Escherichia coli BL21

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Beta-ketoacyl-acyl-carrier-protein synthase II:
a 2,3,4-saturated fatty acyl-[acp] + a malonyl-[acp] + H+→a 3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + a soluble [acyl-carrier protein] + CO2 (EC 2.3.1.179; 2.3.1.41)
ECD_01091
ECD_02248
3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] reductase (in reverse):
a 3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + NADPH + H+→a (3R)-3-hydroxyacyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + NADP+ (EC 1.1.1.100)
ECD_01089
ECD_02067
ECD_02326
ECD_04076
3-hydroxyoctanoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] dehydratase:
a (3R)-3-hydroxyacyl-[acyl-carrier protein]→a trans-2-enoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + H2O (EC 4.2.1.59)
ECD_00178
ECD_00958
Enoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] reductase (NADH) (in reverse):
a trans-2-enoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + NADH + H+→a 2,3,4-saturated fatty acyl-[acp] + NAD+ (EC 1.3.1.9)
ECD_01265
Enoyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] reductase (NADPH, B-specific) (in reverse):
a trans-2-enoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + NADPH + H+→a 2,3,4-saturated fatty acyl-[acp] + NADP+ (EC 1.3.1.10; 1.3.1.104; 1.3.1.39)
ECD_01265

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Candidate genes for each reaction are identified from best hits to MetaCyc; by matching EC numbers (which are assigned by TIGRFam, SEED, or best hits to KEGG); or by matching SEED roles to KEGG reactions to MetaCyc reactions. See the "Protein" tab of each gene for more information