Reaction: 4-chlorobenzoate + CoA + ATP = 4-chlorobenzoyl-CoA + AMP + diphosphate
Systematic name: 4-chlorobenzoate:CoA ligase
Comments: requires Mg2+. This enzyme is part of the bacterial 2,4-dichlorobenzoate degradation pathway.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 141583-20-2
References:
1. Dunaway-Mariano, D., Babbitt, P.C. On the origins and functions of the enzymes of the 4-chlorobenzoate to 4-hydroxybenzoate converting pathway. Biodegradation 5 (1994) 259-276. [PMID: 7765837]
2. Loffler, F., Muller, R., Lingens, F. Purification and properties of 4-halobenzoate-coenzyme A ligase from Pseudomonas sp. CBS3. Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyler 373 (1992) 1001-1007. [PMID: 1418673]
3. Chang, K.H., Liang, P.H., Beck, W., Scholten, J.D., Dunaway-Mariano, D. Isolation and characterization of the three polypeptide components of 4-chlorobenzoate dehalogenase from Pseudomonas sp. strain CBS-3. Biochemistry 31 (1992) 5605-5610. [PMID: 1610806]