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Wax ester biosynthesis. The wax ester biosynthetic pathway involves two steps. First, NAD(P)H-dependent reduction of an acyl-CoA/ACP to the corresponding alcohol is catalysed by a fatty acyl-CoA reductase (FAR). Next, a wax synthase (WS) esterifies an acyl-CoA/ACP with a fatty alcohol to produce a wax ester. Free coenzyme A (CoA) or acyl carrier protein (ACP) is released in both reactions.
