Acetyl Coenzyme A Synthetase Cytoplasmic

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Contents 1 Function 2 Structure 3 Compartment 4 More General Terms 5 Internet Database 6 References

Function

• activates acetate so that it can be used for lipid synthesis or for energy generation
  

• ATP + acetate + CoA <--> AMP + diphosphate + acetyl-CoA

Structure

• monomer
• belongs to the ATP-dependent AMP-binding enzyme family

Compartment

• cytoplasm

More General Terms

• acyl coenzyme-A [CoA] synthetase or acyl coenzyme-A [CoA] ligase

Internet Database

OMIM: 605832
Prosite: [1]
UniProt: [2]

References

UniProt [3]

acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase, cytoplasmic (acetate-CoA ligase, acyl-activating enzyme, acetyl-CoA synthetase, ACS, AceCS, acyl-CoA synthetase short-chain family member 2, ACSS2, ACAS2)