Reaction: GTP + succinate + CoA = GDP + phosphate + succinyl-CoA
For diagram of reaction click here.
Other name(s): succinyl-CoA synthetase (GDP-forming)
Other name(s): succinyl-CoA synthetase (GDP-forming); succinyl coenzyme A synthetase (guanosine diphosphate-forming); succinate thiokinase (ambiguous); succinic thiokinase (ambiguous); succinyl coenzyme A synthetase (ambiguous); succinate-phosphorylating enzyme (ambiguous); P-enzyme; SCS (ambiguous); G-STK; succinyl coenzyme A synthetase (GDP-forming); succinyl CoA synthetase (ambiguous)
Systematic name: succinate:CoA ligase (GDP-forming)
Comments: Itaconate can act instead of succinate, and ITP instead of GTP.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9014-36-2
References:
1. Hager, L.P. Succinyl CoA synthetase, in Boyer, P.D., Lardy, H. and Myrbäck, K. (Eds.), The Enzymes, 2nd edn., vol. 6, Academic Press, New York, 1962, pp. 387-399.
2. Kaufman, S., Gilvarg, C., Cori, O. and Ochoa, S. Enzymatic oxidation of α-ketoglutarate and coupled phosphorylation. J. Biol. Chem. 203 (1953) 869-888.
3. Mazumder, R., Sanadi, D.R. and Rodwell, W.V. Purification and properties of hog kidney succinic thiokinase. J. Biol. Chem. 235 (1960) 2546-2550.
4. Sanadi, D.R., Gibson, D.M. and Ayengar, P. Guanosine triphosphate, the primary product of phosphorylation coupled to the breakdown of succinyl coenzyme A. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 14 (1954) 434-436.