InterPro domain: IPR004372

General Information

  • Identifier IPR004372
  • Description Acetate/propionate kinase

Abstract

This entry represents proteins which transfer phosphate from ATP to a short chain aliphatic acid. For example, Acetate kinase catalyses the reaction ATP + acetate = ADP + acetyl phosphate and propionate kinase which utilizes propionate as substrate [ 1 , 2 ].


1. Novel keto acid formate-lyase and propionate kinase enzymes are components of an anaerobic pathway in Escherichia coli that degrades L-threonine to propionate. Mol. Microbiol. 27, 477-92
2. Structural and mechanistic investigations on Salmonella typhimurium acetate kinase (AckA): identification of a putative ligand binding pocket at the dimeric interface. BMC Struct. Biol. 12, 24

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