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EC 2.3.1.179 Details
EC number
2.3.1.179
Accepted name
β-ketoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] synthase II
Reaction
a (Z)-hexadec-9-enoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + a malonyl-[acyl-carrier protein] = a (Z)-3-oxooctadec-11-enoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] + CO2 + an [acyl-carrier protein]
Other name(s)
KASII, KAS II, FabF, 3-oxoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase II, β-ketoacyl-ACP synthase II
Systematic name
(Z)-hexadec-9-enoyl-[acyl-carrier protein]:malonyl-[acyl-carrier protein] C-acyltransferase (decarboxylating)
CAS registry number
1048648-42-5
Comment
Involved in the dissociated (or type II) fatty acid biosynthesis system that occurs in plants and bacteria. While the substrate specificity of this enzyme is very similar to that of EC 2.3.1.41, β-ketoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] synthase I, it differs in that palmitoleoyl-[acyl-carrier protein] is not a good substrate of EC 2.3.1.41 but is an excellent substrate of this enzyme [1,2]. The fatty-acid composition of Escherichia coli changes as a function of growth temperature, with the proportion of unsaturated fatty acids increasing with lower growth temperature. This enzyme controls the temperature-dependent regulation of fatty-acid composition, with mutants lacking this acivity being deficient in the elongation of palmitoleate to cis-vaccenate at low temperatures [3,4].
History
created 2006, modified 2020
EC Tree
2.3.1.55 created 1976, deleted 1999
2.3.1.120 created 1990, deleted 1992
2.3.1.124 created 1990, deleted 1992