Fluoroacetyl-CoA thioesterase

Fluoroacetyl-CoA thioesterase
Identifiers
EC number 3.1.2.29
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Fluoroacetyl-CoA thioesterase (EC 3.1.2.29) is an enzyme with systematic name fluoroacetyl-CoA hydrolase.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

fluoroacetyl-CoA + H2O \rightleftharpoons fluoroacetate + CoA

Fluoroacetate is extremely toxic.

References

  1. Meyer, J.J.M., Grobbelaar, N., Vleggaar, R. and Louw, A.I. (1992). "Fluoroacetyl-coenzyme-A hydrolase-like activity in Dichapetalum cymosum". J. Plant Physiol. 139: 369–372. doi:10.1016/s0176-1617(11)80352-4.
  2. Huang, F., Haydock, S.F., Spiteller, D., Mironenko, T., Li, T.L., O'Hagan, D., Leadlay, P.F. and Spencer, J.B. (2006). "The gene cluster for fluorometabolite biosynthesis in Streptomyces cattleya: a thioesterase confers resistance to fluoroacetyl-coenzyme A". Chem. Biol. 13: 475–484. doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2006.02.014. PMID 16720268.
  3. Dias, M.V., Huang, F., Chirgadze, D.Y., Tosin, M., Spiteller, D., Dry, E.F., Leadlay, P.F., Spencer, J.B. and Blundell, T.L. (2010). "Structural basis for the activity and substrate specificity of fluoroacetyl-CoA thioesterase FlK". J. Biol. Chem. 285: 22495–22504. doi:10.1074/jbc.m110.107177. PMID 20430898.

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