Butyrate—CoA ligase
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| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
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| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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Butyrate—CoA ligase, also known as xenobiotic/medium-chain fatty acid-ligase (XM-ligase), is an enzyme (EC 6.2.1.2) that catalyzes the chemical reaction:
- ATP + a carboxylic acid + CoA AMP + diphosphate + an acyl-CoA
The 3
diphosphate, and acyl-CoA
.
This enzyme belongs to the family of
butanoate metabolism
.
Nomenclature
The systematic name of this enzyme class is butanoate:CoA ligase (AMP-forming). Other names in common use include:
- butyryl-CoA synthetase, fatty acid thiokinase (medium chain),
- acyl-activating enzyme, fatty acid elongate,
- fatty acid activating enzyme,
- fatty acyl coenzyme A synthetase,
- medium chain acyl-CoA synthetase,
- butyryl-coenzyme A synthetase,
- L-(+)-3-hydroxybutyryl CoA ligase,
- xenobiotic/medium-chain fatty acid ligase, and
- short-chain acyl-CoA synthetase.
Human proteins containing this domain
References
- PMID 23650932.
Glycine conjugation of mitochondrial acyl-CoAs, catalyzed by glycine N-acyltransferase (GLYAT, E.C. 2.3.1.13), is an important metabolic pathway responsible for maintaining adequate levels of free coenzyme A (CoASH). However, because of the small number of pharmaceutical drugs that are conjugated to glycine, the pathway has not yet been characterized in detail. Here, we review the causes and possible consequences of interindividual variation in the glycine conjugation pathway. ...
Figure 1. Glycine conjugation of benzoic acid. The glycine conjugation pathway consists of two steps. First benzoate is ligated to CoASH to form the high-energy benzoyl-CoA thioester. This reaction is catalyzed by the HXM-A and HXM-B medium-chain acid:CoA ligases and requires energy in the form of ATP. ... The benzoyl-CoA is then conjugated to glycine by GLYAT to form hippuric acid, releasing CoASH. In addition to the factors listed in the boxes, the levels of ATP, CoASH, and glycine may influence the overall rate of the glycine conjugation pathway.
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