Also acts on ethyl (R)-3-oxobutanoate and some other (R)-3-hydroxy acid esters. The (R)- symbol is allotted on the assumption that no substituents change the order of priority from O-3 > C-2 > C-4. A subunit of yeast fatty acid synthase EC 2.3.1.86, fatty-acyl-CoA synthase system. cf. EC 1.1.1.280, (S)-3-hydroxyacid ester dehydrogenase.
History
EC 1.1.1.279 created 1990 as EC 1.2.1.55, transferred 2003 to EC 1.1.1.279, modified 2018