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butyrate-CoA ligase activity

Known as: fatty acid thiokinase (medium chain) activity, medium chain acyl-CoA synthetase activity, fatty acid activating enzyme 
Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + an acid + CoA = AMP + diphosphate + an acyl-CoA. [EC:6.2.1.2, MetaCyc:BUTYRATE--COA-LIGASE-RXN]
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2017
2017
Fat-containing cells are eliminated during Dictyostelium development
Triacylglycerol is a universal storage molecule for metabolic energy in living organisms. However, Dictyostelium amoebae, that… (More)
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2015
2015
ACSL4 promotes prostate cancer growth, invasion and hormonal resistance
Increases in fatty acid metabolism have been demonstrated to promote the growth and survival of a variety of cancers, including… (More)
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2014
2014
Xanthomonas campestris RpfB is a fatty Acyl-CoA ligase required to counteract the thioesterase activity of the RpfF diffusible signal factor (DSF) synthase.
In Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc), the proteins encoded by the rpf (regulator of pathogenicity factor) gene cluster… (More)
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2003
2003
Fatty Acid Synthesis in Human Adipose Tissue*
The concentration of enzymes required for fatty acid synthesis was considerably less in extracts prepared from human omental… (More)
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1994
1994
Activation of alkylthioacrylic acids in subcellular fractions of rat tissues: a new spectrophotometric method for assay of acyl-CoA synthetase.
Alkylthioacrylic acids are activated by the long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase in mitochondria and microsomes from rat liver, heart… (More)
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1993
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1993
[Triacsins, inhibitors of fatty acid activating enzyme].
 
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1985
1985
Inhibition of citrulline synthesis by octanoate and its modulation by adenine nucleotides.
Liver mitochondria from octanoate-treated rabbits showed an impaired ability to synthesize citrulline. Two methods were used to… (More)
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1970
1970
Preferential loss of ATP-dependent long-chain fatty acid activating enzyme in mitochondria prepared using Nagarse.
 
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