| Name | very long-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity |
| ID | GO_0031957 |
| collection_id | Molecular function |
| Exact synonym | very-long-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity, very-long-chain-fatty-acid-CoA ligase activity |
| Description | Catalysis of the reaction: a very long-chain fatty acid + ATP + CoA = a very long-chain fatty acyl-CoA + AMP + diphosphate. A very long-chain fatty acid has an aliphatic tail containing more than 22 carbons. |
| Related synonym | very-long-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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