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Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD), also known as delta-9-desaturase, is a membrane-bound enzyme that together with NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase and cytochrome b5 introduces a cis double bond in palmitoyl-CoA and stearoyl-CoA between their ninth and tenth carbon atom counted from the carboxyl site (Fig. 1).
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Popeijus, H.E. (2018). SCD (Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase). In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_101551
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