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Medical Definition of Enoyl-ACP reductase
1. 1. An enzyme catalyzing hydrogenation of acyl-ACP complexes to 2,3-dehydroacyl-ACP's, with NAD+ as hydrogen acceptor; important in fatty acid metabolism. Synonym: crotonyl-ACP reductase. 2. A variant enzyme has been found carrying out the same reaction as enoyl-ACP reductase, but with NADP+ as hydrogen acceptor. Synonym: acyl-ACP dehydrogenase, acyl-ACP reductase. (05 Mar 2000)