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CATH Superfamily 3.40.47.10

Thiolase/Chalcone synthase

The name of this superfamily has been modified since the most recent official CATH+ release (v4_3_0). At the point of the last release, this superfamily was: waiting to be named.

Functional Families

Overview of the Structural Clusters (SC) and Functional Families within this CATH Superfamily. Clusters with a representative structure are represented by a filled circle.
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FunFam 4: 3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] synthase 3

There are 1 EC terms in this cluster

Please note: EC annotations are assigned to the full protein sequence rather than individual protein domains. Since a given protein can contain multiple domains, it is possible that some of the annotations below come from additional domains that occur in the same protein, but have been classified elsewhere in CATH.

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EC Term Annotations Evidence
Beta-ketoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] synthase III. [EC: 2.3.1.180]
Acetyl-CoA + malonyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] = acetoacetyl-[acyl-carrier- protein] + CoA + CO(2).
  • Involved in the dissociated (or type II) fatty-acid biosynthesis system that occurs in plants and bacteria.
  • In contrast to EC 2.3.1.41 and EC 2.3.1.179, this enzyme specifically uses CoA thioesters rather than acyl-ACP as the primer.
  • In addition to the above reaction, the enzyme can also catalyze the reaction of EC 2.3.1.38, but to a much lesser extent.
  • Responsible for initiating both straight- and branched-chain fatty- acid biosynthesis, with the substrate specificity in an organism reflecting the fatty-acid composition found in that organism.
  • For example, Streptococcus pneumoniae, a Gram-positive bacterium, is able to use both straight- and branched-chain (C4--C6) acyl-CoA primers whereas Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative organism, uses primarily short straight-chain acyl CoAs, with a preference for acetyl-CoA.
 23845 A0A023YVS1 A0A023YVS1 A0A023YVS1 A0A023YVS1 A0A023YVS1 A0A023YVS1 A0A023YVS1 A0A023YVS1 A0A023YVS1 A0A023YVS1
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