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[InstanceEdit:9640462] D'Eustachio, Peter, 2019-03-28
dbId
9640463
displayName
Wax biosynthesis
eventOf
[Pathway:R-HSA-8848584] Wax and plasmalogen biosynthesis - Homo sapiens
goBiologicalProcess
[GO_BiologicalProcess:83389] wax biosynthetic process
hasDiagram
false
hasEHLD
false
hasEvent
[Reaction:R-HSA-390425] FAR1 reduces PalmCoA to HXOL - Homo sapiens
[Reaction:R-HSA-390438] FAR2 reduces PalmCoA to HXOL - Homo sapiens
[BlackBoxEvent:R-HSA-8848586] Transport of cytosolic HXOL to the peroxisome - Homo sapiens
[Reaction:R-HSA-5696424] AWAT1 transfers acyl group from acyl-CoA to ARACOH, forming wax esters - Homo sapiens
[Reaction:R-HSA-8848582] AWAT2 transfers PALM from PALM-CoA to HXOL, forming palmityl palmitate ester - Homo sapiens
[Reaction:R-HSA-8848585] AWAT2 transfers PALM from PALM-CoA to atROL, forming atR-PALM - Homo sapiens
isInDisease
false
isInferred
false
lastUpdatedDate
2019-09-09
literatureReference
[LiteratureReference:390429] Mammalian wax biosynthesis. I. Identification of two fatty acyl-Coenzyme A reductases with different substrate specificities and tissue distributions
[LiteratureReference:8848504] Mammalian wax biosynthesis. II. Expression cloning of wax synthase cDNAs encoding a member of the acyltransferase enzyme family
maxDepth
2
modified
[InstanceEdit:11080360] Weiser, Joel, 2026-03-16
name
Wax biosynthesis
orthologousEvent
[Pathway:R-SCE-9640463] Wax biosynthesis - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
[Pathway:R-SPO-9640463] Wax biosynthesis - Schizosaccharomyces pombe
[Pathway:R-DDI-9640463] Wax biosynthesis - Dictyostelium discoideum
[Pathway:R-CEL-9640463] Wax biosynthesis - Caenorhabditis elegans
[Pathway:R-DME-9640463] Wax biosynthesis - Drosophila melanogaster
[Pathway:R-GGA-9640463] Wax biosynthesis - Gallus gallus
[Pathway:R-XTR-9640463] Wax biosynthesis - Xenopus tropicalis
[Pathway:R-DRE-9640463] Wax biosynthesis - Danio rerio
[Pathway:R-SSC-9640463] Wax biosynthesis - Sus scrofa
[Pathway:R-BTA-9640463] Wax biosynthesis - Bos taurus
[Pathway:R-CFA-9640463] Wax biosynthesis - Canis familiaris
[Pathway:R-RNO-9640463] Wax biosynthesis - Rattus norvegicus
[Pathway:R-MMU-9640463] Wax biosynthesis - Mus musculus
releaseDate
2016-03-23
reviewStatus
[ReviewStatus:9821382] five stars
schemaClass
Pathway
species
[Species:48887] Homo sapiens
stId
R-HSA-9640463
summation
[Summation:8848590] Waxes are esters of long chain fatty acids and long chain fa...
updateTrackers
[UpdateTracker:9777641] Update Tracker - [Pathway:9640463] Wax biosynthesis - v70:[updateContainedRLE]
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(updatedInstance)
[UpdateTracker:9777641] Update Tracker - [Pathway:9640463] Wax biosynthesis - v70:[updateContainedRLE]
(hasEvent)
[Pathway:R-HSA-8848584] Wax and plasmalogen biosynthesis
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