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Fatty alcohol biosynthesis via fatty acyl–CoA reductase (FAR). FAR catalyzes the conversion of fatty acyl–CoAs to fatty alcohols with the fatty aldehyde as transient intermediate (indicated as brackets). The substrate depicted in the figure is hexadecanoyl-CoA; however, carbon chain length and saturation may vary.
