Protein
Succinate--CoA ligase [ADP-forming] subunit alpha, mitochondrial
Organism
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (strain ATCC 204508 / S288c)
Function
Succinyl-CoA synthetase functions in the citric acid cycle (TCA), coupling the hydrolysis of succinyl-CoA to the synthesis of ATP and thus represents the only step of substrate-level phosphorylation in the TCA (PubMed:9874242). The alpha subunit of the enzyme binds the substrates coenzyme A and phosphate, while succinate binding and nucleotide specificity is provided by the beta subunit (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the succinate/malate CoA ligase alpha subunit family.
Sequence
MLRSTVSKASLKICRHFHRESIPYDKTIKNLLLPKDTKVIFQGFTGKQGTFHASISQEYGTNVVGGTNPKKAGQTHLGQPVFASVKDAIKETGATASAIFVPPPIAAAAIKESIEAEIPLAVCITEGIPQHDMLYIAEMLQTQDKTRLVGPNCPGIINPATKVRIGIQPPKIFQAGKIGIISRSGTLTYEAVQQTTKTDLGQSLVIGMGGDAFPGTDFIDALKLFLEDETTEGIIMLGEIGGKAEIEAAQFLKEYNFSRSKPMPVASFIAGTVAGQMKGVRMGHSGAIVEGSGTDAESKKQALRDVGVAVVESPGYLGQALLDQFAKFK