NCBI Accession #
NP_179765.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_127743.4
NCBI Official Full Name
cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase homolog 2
NCBI Official Symbol
CAD2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATCAD2; cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase homolog 2; F7D8.5; F7D8_5
NCBI Protein Information
cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase homolog 2
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
CAD7; CADE; LCAD-E; AtCAD2
UniProt Protein Name
Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase 2
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9SJ25
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9SJ25
UniProt Comments
Involved in lignin biosynthesis. Catalyzes the final step specific for the production of lignin monomers. Catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of coniferaldehyde, 5-hydroxyconiferaldehyde, sinapaldehyde, 4-coumaraldehyde and caffeyl aldehyde to their respective alcohols.