medium-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity

I. Literature review

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Namemedium-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity
IDGO_0031956
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Molecular function

Exact synonym

medium-chain fatty-acid-CoA ligase activity, medium-chain-fatty-acid-CoA ligase activity

Description

Catalysis of the reaction: a medium-chain fatty acid + ATP + CoA = a medium-chain fatty acyl-CoA + AMP + diphosphate. A medium-chain fatty acid has an aliphatic tail containing 6 to 12 carbons.

Related synonym

medium-chain fatty acid activation

Comment

While there is not universal consensus on the lengths of short-, medium-, long- and very-long-chain fatty acids, the GO uses the definitions in ChEBI (see CHEBI:26666, CHEBI:59554, CHEBI:15904 and CHEBI:27283).

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Genes
ACSM6ACSL3ACSM5ACSM2BACSM2AACSM4ACSM3ACSS3ACSM1ACSF2