BETA-KETOACYL-ACP SYNTHASE II FROM ESCHERICHIA COLIBETA-KETOACYL-ACP SYNTHASE II FROM ESCHERICHIA COLI

Structural highlights

1kas is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli. The June 2007 RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month feature on Fatty Acid Synthase by David S. Goodsell is 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2007_6. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.4Å
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

FABF_ECOLI Catalyzes the condensation reaction of fatty acid synthesis by the addition to an acyl acceptor of two carbons from malonyl-ACP. Has a preference for short chain acid substrates and may function to supply the octanoic substrates for lipoic acid biosynthesis.

Evolutionary Conservation

 

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

1kas, resolution 2.40Å

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