NCBI Accession #
NP_179780.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_127758.3
NCBI Official Full Name
cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase homolog 3
NCBI Official Symbol
CAD3
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATCAD3; cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase homolog 3; F7D8.21; F7D8_21
NCBI Protein Information
cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase homolog 3
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
CAD8; LCAD-F; AtCAD3
UniProt Protein Name
Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase 3
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9SJ10
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9SJ10
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.