Long-chain fatty acid transport protein 2 is anenzyme that in humans is encoded by theSLC27A2gene.[5][6]
The protein encoded by this gene is anisozyme oflong-chain fatty-acid-coenzyme A ligase family. Although differing in substrate specificity, subcellular localization, and tissue distribution, all isozymes of this family convert free long-chain fatty acids intofatty acyl-CoA esters, and thereby play a key role in lipid biosynthesis and fatty acid degradation. This isozyme activates long-chain, branched-chain andvery long chain fatty acids containing 22 or more carbons to their CoA derivatives. It is expressed primarily in liver and kidney and is present in bothendoplasmic reticulum andperoxisomes but not inmitochondria. Its decreased peroxisomal enzyme activity is in part responsible for thebiochemical pathology in X-linkedadrenoleukodystrophy.[6]
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