EC |
6.2.1.34 |
Accepted name: |
trans-feruloyl-CoA synthase |
Reaction: |
ferulic acid + CoA + ATP = feruloyl-CoA + products of ATP breakdown |
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For diagram of reaction, click here |
Other name(s): |
trans-feruloyl-CoA synthetase; trans-ferulate:CoASH ligase (ATP-hydrolysing); ferulate:CoASH ligase (ATP-hydrolysing) |
Systematic name: |
ferulate:CoA ligase (ATP-hydrolysing) |
Comments: |
Requires Mg2+. It has not yet been established whether AMP + diphosphate or ADP + phosphate are formed in this reaction. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc |
References: |
1. |
Narbad, A. and Gasson, M.J. Metabolism of ferulic acid via vanillin using a novel CoA-dependent pathway in a newly-isolated strain of Pseudomonas fluorescens. Microbiology 144 (1998) 1397–1405. [DOI] [PMID: 9611814] |
2. |
Pometto, A.L. and Crawford, D.L. Whole-cell bioconversion of vanillin to vanillic acid by Streptomyces viridosporus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45 (1983) 1582–1585. [PMID: 6870241] |
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[EC 6.2.1.34 created 2000] |
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