CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 3.40.47.10
Functional Family 3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] synthase 2

Enzyme Information

2.3.1.41
Beta-ketoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] synthase I.
based on mapping to UniProt P9WQD7
Acyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] + malonyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] = 3-oxoacyl- [acyl-carrier-protein] + CO(2) + [acyl-carrier-protein].
-!- Responsible for the chain-elongation step of dissociated (type II) fatty-acid biosynthesis, i.e. the addition of two C atoms to the fatty-acid chain. -!- Escherichia coli mutants that lack this enzyme are deficient in unsaturated fatty acids. -!- Can use fatty acyl thioesters of ACP (C(2) to C(16)) as substrates, as well as fatty acyl thioesters of Co-A (C(4) to C(16)). -!- The substrate specificity is very similar to that of EC 2.3.1.179 with the exception that the latter enzyme is far more active with palmitoleoyl-ACP (C(16)-Delta(9)) as substrate, allowing the organism to regulate its fatty-acid composition with changes in temperature.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P9WQD7
FAB2_MYCTU
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] synthase 2

PDB Structure

PDB 2GP6
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
X-Ray Crystal Structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis beta-Ketoacyl Acyl Carrier Protein Synthase II (mtKasB).
Sridharan, S., Wang, L., Brown, A.K., Dover, L.G., Kremer, L., Besra, G.S., Sacchettini, J.C.
J.Mol.Biol.