Protein
Long-chain-fatty-acid--CoA ligase
Organism
Escherichia coli (strain K12)
Function
Catalyzes the esterification, concomitant with transport, of exogenous long-chain fatty acids into metabolically active CoA thioesters for subsequent degradation or incorporation into phospholipids. Activity is the highest with fatty acid substrates of > 10 carbon atoms (PubMed:15213221). Is involved in the aerobic beta-oxidative degradation of fatty acids, which allows aerobic growth of E.coli on fatty acids as a sole carbon and energy source (PubMed:12535077).
Similarity
Belongs to the ATP-dependent AMP-binding enzyme family.
Sequence
MKKVWLNRYPADVPTEINPDRYQSLVDMFEQSVARYADQPAFVNMGEVMTFRKLEERSRAFAAYLQQGLGLKKGDRVALMMPNLLQYPVALFGILRAGMIVVNVNPLYTPRELEHQLNDSGASAIVIVSNFAHTLEKVVDKTAVQHVILTRMGDQLSTAKGTVVNFVVKYIKRLVPKYHLPDAISFRSALHNGYRMQYVKPELVPEDLAFLQYTGGTTGVAKGAMLTHRNMLANLEQVNATYGPLLHPGKELVVTALPLYHIFALTINCLLFIELGGQNLLITNPRDIPGLVKELAKYPFTAITGVNTLFNALLNNKEFQQLDFSSLHLSAGGGMPVQQVVAERWVKLTGQYLLEGYGLTECAPLVSVNPYDIDYHSGSIGLPVPSTEAKLVDDDDNEVPPGQPGELCVKGPQVMLGYWQRPDATDEIIKNGWLHTGDIAVMDEEGFLRIVDRKKDMILVSGFNVYPNEIEDVVMQHPGVQEVAAVGVPSGSSGEAVKIFVVKKDPSLTEESLVTFCRRQLTGYKVPKLVEFRDELPKSNVGKILRRELRDEARGKVDNKA