ENTRY       EC 6.2.1.30
NAME        Phenylacetate--CoA ligase
CLASS       Ligases
            Forming carbon-sulfur bonds
            Acid--thiol ligases
SYSNAME     Phenylacetate:CoA ligase (AMP-forming)
REACTION    ATP + Phenylacetate + CoA = AMP + Pyrophosphate + Phenylacetyl-CoA
SUBSTRATE   ATP
            Phenylacetate
            CoA
PRODUCT     AMP
            Pyrophosphate
            Phenylacetyl-CoA
COMMENT     Also acts, more slowly, on acetate, propanoate and butanoate, but
            not on hydroxy derivatives of phenylacetate and related compounds.
PATHWAY     PATH: MAP00350  Tyrosine metabolism
            PATH: MAP00360  Phenylalanine metabolism
DBLINKS     University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 6.2.1.30
            WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 6.2.1.30
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