Reaction: acetyl-CoA + a [Co(I) corrinoid Fe-S protein] = CO + CoA + a [methyl-Co(III) corrinoid Fe-S protein]
Systematic name: acetyl-CoA:corrinoid protein O-acetyltransferase
Comments: Contains nickel, copper and iron-sulfur clusters. Involved, together with EC 1.2.7.4, carbon-monoxide dehydrogenase (ferredoxin), in the synthesis of acetyl-CoA from CO2 and H2.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 176591-19-8
References:
1. Ragsdale, S.W. and Wood, H.G. Acetate biosynthesis by acetogenic bacteria. Evidence that carbon monoxide dehydrogenase is the condensing enzyme that catalyzes the final steps of the synthesis. J. Biol. Chem. 260 (1985) 3970-3977. [PMID: 2984190]
2. Doukov, T.I., Iverson, T., Seravalli, J., Ragsdale, S.W. and Drennan, C.L. A Ni-Fe-Cu center in a bifunctional carbon monoxide dehydrogenase/acetyl-CoA synthase. Science 298 (2002) 567-572. [PMID: 12386327]