Reaction: ATP + butanoate = ADP + butanoyl phosphate
Systematic name: ATP:butanoate 1-phosphotransferase
Comments: 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 sedoheptulokinase).
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37278-14-1
References:
1. Hartmanis, M.G.N. Butyrate kinase from Clostridium acetobutylicum. J. Biol. Chem. 262 (1987) 617-621. [PMID: 3027059]
2. Twarog, R. and Wolfe, R.S. Enzymatic phosphorylation of butyrate. J. Biol. Chem. 237 (1962) 2474-2477.