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Involved in sex pheromone synthesis in the moth Spodoptera littoralis. (Z)-11-Tetradecenoyl-CoA is formed by stereospecific removal of H from the pro-R positions at C-11 and C-12. EC 1.14.99.31, myristoyl-CoA 11-(E) desaturase, forms the (E)-isomer by removing the pro-R H group at C-11 and the pro-S H group at C-12.