Protein
Acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase
Organism
Caenorhabditis elegans
Function
Activates acetoacetate to acetoacetyl-CoA (By similarity). Negatively regulates let-60 Ras activity during vulval induction.
Similarity
Belongs to the ATP-dependent AMP-binding enzyme family.
Sequence
MTAVSANGKTTEKHENGAHTNGTTNGTTNGSMNGNEISHVQKLQPVYYKPPQNLETFELSLRNHFEEKTNKKFADYREFHRFTCDNYGIFWEDLLKLSDVKLHQNYNQVIDHNLKINERPRWFNGATLNYTENVIERGTATDIAVLNASIEETVTEYTYDNLRKDVYRIATSLRNYGIGPGDTVCGFVPNTYDTLVAVFATAAVGAAWCSASVDFGPAGVLDRFRQVHPKVLFTVNHVTYKKKLIDQTDKINEIVKELPTLEKIVVSDTFTSVKFDATKYNQSDKFSSLEEFKTPIADVVLPFVYTPVPFSDPLFVMFSSGTTGIPKAMVHTVGGTLLKHIEEHLVQGDSKKHDRMFFYTTCGWMMYNWMISFLYSKGSVVLFDECPLAPDTHIIMKIAAKTQSTMIGMGAKLYDEYLRLQIPFNTLYDLSKIHTVYSTGSPLKKECFAYINTYIAPGALIASISGGTDIIGCFVGGIKSLSITPGECQCLFLGMDIKSFNYMDEEIINSDEQGELVCVTPFPSMPSHFLNDTDGKKYRDAYFARLEPFWAHGDFVRVNHSTGGVEMLGRSDATLNRGGVRIGTAEIYSVVEKIPHIADCIVAGRLVEEGMDEEVLLFVKMVPGQELTHSIQAAIVSKLRNDMSPRHVPNKIYAVDDIPYTSSGKKVEVAVKQIVSGKAVQKASSIRNPESLDHFVQYRL