NCBI Accession #
NP_195149.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_119587.4
NCBI Official Full Name
cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase 5
NCBI Official Symbol
CAD5
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATCAD5; CAD-5; cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase 5; F10M10.11
NCBI Protein Information
cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase 5
NCBI Summary
Encodes a catalytically active cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase which uses p-coumaryl aldehyde as a preferred substrate. It can also use sinapyl, caffeyl, coniferyl and d-hydroxyconiferyl aldehydes as substrates.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
CAD-D; CAD6; LCAD-D; AtCAD5
UniProt Protein Name
Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase 5
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase D
UniProt Primary Accession #
O49482
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q53ZN0
UniProt Related Accession #
O49482
UniProt Comments
Involved in lignin biosynthesis in the floral stem. 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.