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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