EC 6.2.1.13 - Acetate—CoA ligase (ADP-forming)

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IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 6.2.1.13

Names

Accepted name:
acetate—CoA ligase (ADP-forming)
Other names:
acetate thiokinase
acetyl coenzyme A synthetase (adenosine diphosphate-forming)
acetyl-CoA synthetase (ADP-forming)
Systematic name:
acetate:CoA ligase (ADP-forming)

Reaction

Comments:

Also acts on propanoate and, very slowly, on butanoate.

Links to other databases

Enzymes and pathways: NC-IUBMB , BRENDA , ERGO , ExplorEnz , ENZYME@ExPASy , KEGG , MetaCyc , UniPathway
Structural data: CSA , EC2PDB
Gene Ontology: GO:0043758
CAS Registry Number: 62009-85-2
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:

References

  1. Reeves, R.E., Warren, L.G., Susskind, B. and Lo, H.-S.
    An energy-conserving pyruvate-to-acetate pathway in Entamoeba histolytica. Pyruvate synthase and a new acetate thiokinase.
    J. Biol. Chem. 252 : 726-731 (1977). [PMID: 13076]

[EC 6.2.1.13 created 1978]