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Information on EC 2.3.1.261 - (4-hydroxyphenyl)alkanoate synthase

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IUBMB Comments

The enzyme is part of the biosynthetic pathway of phenolphthiocerol, a lipid that serves as a virulence factor of pathogenic mycobacteria. It catalyses the elongation of 4-hydroxybenzoate that is loaded on its acyl-carrier domain to form (4-hydroxyphenyl)alkanoate intermediates. The enzyme adds either 8 or 9 malonyl-CoA units, resulting in formation of 17-(4-hydroxyphenyl)heptadecanoate or 19-(4-hydroxyphenyl)nonadecanoate, respectively. As the enzyme lacks a thioesterase domain , the product remains loaded on the acyl-carrier domain at the end of catalysis, and has to be hydrolysed by an as-yet unknown mechanism.

The expected taxonomic range for this enzyme is: Eukaryota, Bacteria
Reaction Schemes
4-hydroxybenzoyl-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)alkanoate synthase]
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8
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16
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16
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17-(4-hydroxyphenyl)heptadecanoyl-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)alkanoate synthase]
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8
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8
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16
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8
4-hydroxybenzoyl-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)alkanoate synthase]
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9
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18
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18
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holo-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)alkanoate synthase]
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19-(4-hydroxyphenyl)nonadecanoyl-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)alkanoate synthase]
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9
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9
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18
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9

Synonyms
type i pks, pks15/1, pks15, more

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LITERATURE
4-hydroxybenzoyl-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)alkanoate synthase] + 8 malonyl-CoA + 16 NADPH + 16 H+ = 17-(4-hydroxyphenyl)heptadecanoyl-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)alkanoate synthase] + 8 CO2 + 8 CoA + 16 NADP+ + 8 H2O
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(1)
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4-hydroxybenzoyl-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)alkanoate synthase] + 9 malonyl-CoA + 18 NADPH + 18 H+ + holo-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)alkanoate synthase] = 19-(4-hydroxyphenyl)nonadecanoyl-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)alkanoate synthase] + 9 CO2 + 9 CoA + 18 NADP+ + 9 H2O
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(2)
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PATHWAY SOURCE
PATHWAYS
MetaCyc
phenolphthiocerol biosynthesis
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