| acyl thioester transacylase | <enzyme> Component of the fatty acid synthetase complex; forms acetyl pantetheine from acetyl CoA and pantetheine Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
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| acyl-CoA-diol transacylase | <enzyme> Catalyses stepwise acylation of alkane-2,3-diols to give the diol ester which constitutes the major component of uropygial lipids of ring-necked pheasants Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- Synonym: acyl-coenzyme a-diol transacylase (26 Jun 1999) |
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| acyl-(acyl-carrier-protein)-phospholipid acyltransferase | <enzyme> Catalyses the formation of phosphatidylethanolamine from acyl-acyl carrier protein and 2-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine Registry number: EC 2.3.1.40 Synonym: 2-acyl-gpe acyltransferase, 2-acylglycerophosphoethanolamine acyltransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| acyl-(acyl-carrier-protein)-UDP-N-acetylglucosamine acyltransferase | <enzyme> E coli enzyme involved in lipid a biosynthesis; uses beta-hydroxymyristoyl-acyl carrier protein to form udp-3-monoacyl-n-acetylglucosamine; amino acid sequence given in second source Registry number: EC 2.3.1.129 Synonym: udp-aguatransferase, lpxa protein, udp-n-acetylglucosamine-3-acyltransferase, udp-n-acetylglucosamine 3-o-acyltransferase, udp-3-o-(r-3-hydroxymyristoyl)glucosamine-n-acyltransferase, lpxd protein, fira gene product, fira protein (26 Jun 1999) |
| acetylene-allene thioester isomerase | <enzyme> Converts 3-acetylenic fatty acyl thioesters to 2,3-dienoyl fatty acyl thioesters Registry number: EC 5.3.99.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| thioester | Compounds of the type. R CO s R. See: coenzyme A, palmitoylation. (18 Nov 1997) |
| acetyl transacylase | Enzyme transferring acetyl from acetyl-CoA to acyl carrier protein and releasing CoA to begin fatty acid synthesis. Synonym: acetyl transacylase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arachidonyl transacylase | <enzyme> Catalyses CoA-independent transfer of arachidonate from phosphatidylcholine to lysoplasmenylethanolamine Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- Synonym: CoA-independent transacylase (26 Jun 1999) |
| stearoyl transacylase | <enzyme> From bovine testis membrnes; CoA dependent; transfers stearoyl groups from a variety of phospholipids to sn-2-arachidonoyl lysophosphatidic acid Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- Synonym: stearoyl acyltransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| transacylase | <enzyme> An enzyme that transfers an acyl group, for example transacetylase that transfers an acetyl group from acetyl lipoamide to coenzyme A. (18 Nov 1997) |
| lysophospholipase-transacylase | <chemical> Synonym: lysophosphatidylcholine lysophosphatidylcholine transacylase, lpta-i, lpta-ii (26 Jun 1999) |
| acetoacetyl-acyl carrier protein synthase | <enzyme> E coli enzyme, that catalyses condensation of malonyl-acyl carrier protein plus acetyl-acyl carrier protein; not inhibited by cerulenin Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- Synonym: acetoacetyl-acp synthase (26 Jun 1999) |
| acyl | An organic radical derived from an organic acid by the removal of the carboxylic hydroxyl group. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acyl-ACP dehydrogenase | enoyl-ACP reductase (NADPH) |
| acyl-activating enzyme | <enzyme> Fatty acid thiokinase (long-chain), a ligase forming acyl-CoA, AMP, and pyrophosphate from long-chain fatty acids, ATP, and coenzyme A. Activity is independent of phosphatidylcholine Registry number: EC 6.2.1.3 Synonym: acyl-activating enzyme, dodecanoyl-CoA synthetase, fatty acid thiokinase (long chain), acid-coenzyme a ligase, fatty acid-CoA ligase, acyl-CoA synthetase, acyl-CoA ligase, coash ligase, ciprofibroyl-CoA synthetase, pristanoyl-CoA synthetase, palmityl CoA synthetase, palmitoyl CoA synthetase, palmitoyl CoA ligase, fatty acyl-CoA synthetase, very long chain fatty acid acyl-CoA synthetase, vlcfa acyl-CoA synthetase, nafenopin-CoA ligase, palmitoyl-CoA synthase, faa2 gene product, faa2p protein, vlacs enzyme (26 Jun 1999) |
| acyl carrier protein | <protein> A small (77 peptides long) protein which binds six other enzymes involved in fatty acid synthesis. It was first isolated in E. Coli bacteria. (09 Oct 1997) |