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Literature summary for 2.3.1.294 extracted from

  • Slayden, R.; Barry III, C.
    The role of KasA and KasB in the biosynthesis of meromycolic acids and isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2002), Tuberculosis, 82, 149-160 .
    View publication on PubMed

Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
additional information non-ionic detergents such as n-octyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside have no positive effect on enzyme activity Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
expressed in Mycobacterium smegmatis Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
an ultra-long-chain di-unsaturated acyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + a malonyl-[acyl-carrier protein] Mycobacterium tuberculosis C38-C42 an ultra-long-chain di-unsaturated 3-oxo-fatty acyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + CO2 + an [acyl-carrier protein]
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?
an ultra-long-chain di-unsaturated acyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + a malonyl-[acyl-carrier protein] Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv C38-C42 an ultra-long-chain di-unsaturated 3-oxo-fatty acyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + CO2 + an [acyl-carrier protein]
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?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
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Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
an ultra-long-chain di-unsaturated acyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + a malonyl-[acyl-carrier protein] C38-C42 Mycobacterium tuberculosis an ultra-long-chain di-unsaturated 3-oxo-fatty acyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + CO2 + an [acyl-carrier protein]
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?
an ultra-long-chain di-unsaturated acyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + a malonyl-[acyl-carrier protein] C38-C42 Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv an ultra-long-chain di-unsaturated 3-oxo-fatty acyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + CO2 + an [acyl-carrier protein]
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?
palmitoyl-CoA + malonyl-[acyl-carrier protein AcpM]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis ?
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?
palmitoyl-CoA + malonyl-[acyl-carrier protein AcpM]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv ?
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?

Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
? x * 46400, calculated from amino acid sequence Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
beta-ketoacylacyl synthase
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
KasB
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
8.5
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
metabolism when enzyme KasB is coexpressed with KasA, it appears to be capable of facilitating the production of lipids of the length of full meromycolic acids. KasB therefore may accept primers directly from KasA that average 40 carbons in length. KasA and KasB thus function in tandem to carrier out acyl chain elongation to achieve meromycolic acid synthesis from acyl primers provided by type I fatty acid synthase system Mycobacterium tuberculosis