Acyl CoA dehydrogenase

Acyl CoA dehydrogenase is the enzyme used to catalyze the first step of β-oxidation in Fatty acid metabolism.

Reaction
The following reaction is the oxidation of the fatty acid by FAD.



The enzyme catalyzes the formation of a double bond between the C-2 and C-3. The end product is trans-Δ2-enoyl-CoA.

It is classified as.

Proteins
It is made up of the following proteins:

Several of the units are classified by length, and some of those are associated with a particular metabolic disorder:

Other subunits include, , and.