ExplorEnz: EC 2.8.3.8

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2.8.3.8

Accepted name:

acetate CoA-transferase

Reaction:

acyl-CoA + acetate = a fatty acid anion + acetyl-CoA

Other name(s):

acetate coenzyme A-transferase; butyryl CoA:acetate CoA transferase; butyryl coenzyme A transferase; succinyl-CoA:acetate CoA transferase

Systematic name:

acyl-CoA:acetate CoA-transferase

Comments:

Acts on butanoyl-CoA and pentanoyl-CoA.

Links to other databases:

BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, METACYC, PDB, UM-BBD, CAS registry number: 37278-35-6

References:

1.	Vanderwinkel, E., Furmanski, P., Reeves, H.C. and Ajl, S.J. Growth of Escherichia coli on fatty acids: requirement for coenzyme A transferase activity. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 33 (1968) 902–908. [PMID: 4884054]
2.	Kaschabek, S.R., Kuhn, B., Müller, D., Schmidt, E. and Reineke, W. Degradation of aromatics and chloroaromatics by Pseudomonas sp. strain B13: purification and characterization of 3-oxoadipate:succinyl-coenzyme A (CoA) transferase and 3-oxoadipyl-CoA thiolase. J. Bacteriol. 184 (2002) 207–215. [PMID: 11741862]
3.	Gobel, M., Kassel-Cati, K., Schmidt, E. and Reineke, W. Degradation of aromatics and chloroaromatics by Pseudomonas sp. strain B13: cloning, characterization, and analysis of sequences encoding 3-oxoadipate:succinyl-coenzyme A (CoA) transferase and 3-oxoadipyl-CoA thiolase. J. Bacteriol. 184 (2002) 216–223. [PMID: 11741863]

[EC 2.8.3.8 created 1972]