IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 6.2.1.27

Accepted name: 4-hydroxybenzoate—CoA ligase

Reaction: ATP + 4-hydroxybenzoate + CoA = AMP + diphosphate + 4-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA

Other name(s): 4-hydroxybenzoate-CoA synthetase; 4-hydroxybenzoate—coenzyme A ligase (AMP-forming); 4-hydroxybenzoyl coenzyme A synthetase; 4-hydroxybenzoyl-CoA ligase

Systematic name: 4-hydroxybenzoate:CoA ligase (AMP-forming)

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 119699-80-8

References:

1. Merkel, S.M., Eberhard, A.E., Gibson, J. and Harwood, C.S. Involvement of coenzyme A thioesters in anaerobic metabolism of 4-hydroxybenzoate by Rhodopseudomonas palustris. J. Bacteriol. 171 (1989) 1-7. [PMID: 2914844]

[EC 6.2.1.27 created 1992]


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