InterPro domain: IPR021113

General Information

  • Identifier IPR021113
  • Description Acyl-ACP-thioesterase, N-terminal
  • Number of genes 192
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  • Associated GO terms GO:0016790  

Abstract

This entry represents the N-terminal domain of acyl-ATP thioesterases from bacteria and eukaryotes. These proteins are typically between 120 and 131 amino acids in length. The plant acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) thioesterases (TEs) play an essential role in chain termination during de novo fatty acid synthesis [ 1 ].


1. Modification of the substrate specificity of an acyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase by protein engineering. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92, 10639-43

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