CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 3.30.420.40
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

2.7.2.7
Butyrate kinase.
based on mapping to UniProt Q9X278
ATP + butanoate = ADP + butanoyl phosphate.
-!- The enzyme from Clostridium sp. also acts, more slowly on pentanoate and propanoate, and on some branched-chain fatty acids (cf. EC 2.7.1.14).

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q9X278
BUK2_THEMA
Thermotoga maritima MSB8
Probable butyrate kinase 2

PDB Structure

PDB 1X9J
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Structure of butyrate kinase 2 reveals both open and closed conformations of the two domains: implications for substrate-induced changes
Diao, J.S., Bhattacharyya, S., Ma, Y.L.D., Sanders, D.A., Hasson, M.S.
To be Published
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