Biology:Fluoroacetyl-CoA thioesterase

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Fluoroacetyl-CoA thioesterase
Identifiers
EC number3.1.2.29
Databases
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The enzyme fluoroacetyl-CoA thioesterase (EC 3.1.2.29; systematic name fluoroacetyl-CoA hydrolase) catalyses the following reaction:[1][2][3]

fluoroacetyl-CoA + H2O [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] fluoroacetate + CoA

Fluoroacetate is extremely toxic.

References

  1. "Fluoroacetyl-coenzyme-A hydrolase-like activity in Dichapetalum cymosum". J. Plant Physiol. 139: 369–372. 1992. doi:10.1016/s0176-1617(11)80352-4. 
  2. "The gene cluster for fluorometabolite biosynthesis in Streptomyces cattleya: a thioesterase confers resistance to fluoroacetyl-coenzyme A". Chemistry & Biology 13 (5): 475–84. May 2006. doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2006.02.014. PMID 16720268. 
  3. "Structural basis for the activity and substrate specificity of fluoroacetyl-CoA thioesterase FlK". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 285 (29): 22495–504. July 2010. doi:10.1074/jbc.m110.107177. PMID 20430898. 

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