Function
Major alcohol O-acetyltransferase that uses acetyl-CoA to synthesize acetate esters from various alcohols, producing ethyl acetate, isoamyl acetate, isobutyl acetate, butyl acetate, hexyl acetate, heptyl acetate and octyl acetate (PubMed:7764365, PubMed:9758847, PubMed:10653746, PubMed:12937998, PubMed:16845703, PubMed:18597084, PubMed:17891501, PubMed:25306884, PubMed:28160314). The alcohol acyltransferase activity is promiscuous with regard to alcohol but relatively specific for acetyl-CoA since ATF1 does not use any other acyl-CoAs (C3, C4, C5, C6, C8, C10, C12) (PubMed:28160314). Acts also as an efficient thioesterase in vitro with specificity towards medium-chain-length acyl-CoAs (PubMed:28160314). In natural environments, the production of aromatic volatile metabolites promotes dispersal through insect vectors (PubMed:25310977).
Sequence
MNEIDEKNQAPVQQECLKEMIQNGHARRMGSVEDLYVALNRQNLYRNFCTYGELSDYCTRDQLTLALREICLKNPTLLHIVLPTRWPNHENYYRSSEYYSRPHPVHDYISVLQELKLSGVVLNEQPEYSAVMKQILEEFKNSKGSYTAKIFKLTTTLTIPYFGPTGPSWRLICLPEEHTEKWKKFIFVSNHCMSDGRSSIHFFHDLRDELNNIKTPPKKLDYIFKYEEDYQLLRKLPEPIEKVIDFRPPYLFIPKSLLSGFIYNHLRFSSKGVCMRMDDVEKTDDVVTEIINISPTEFQAIKANIKSNIQGKCTITPFLHVCWFVSLHKWGKFFKPLNFEWLTDIFIPADCRSQLPDDDEMRQMYRYGANVGFIDFTPWISEFDMNDNKENFWPLIEHYHEVISEALRNKKHLHGLGFNIQGFVQKYVNIDKVMCDRAIGKRRGGTLLSNVGLFNQLEEPDAKYSICDLAFGQFQGSWHQAFSLGVCSTNVKGMNIVVASTKNVVGSQESLEELCSIYKALLLGP