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EC 6.2.1.40 Details
EC number
6.2.1.40
Accepted name
4-hydroxybutyrate—CoA ligase (AMP-forming)
Reaction
ATP + 4-hydroxybutanoate + CoA = AMP + diphosphate + 4-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA
Other name(s)
4-hydroxybutyrate-CoA synthetase (ambiguous), 4-hydroxybutyrate:CoA ligase (ambiguous), hbs (gene name), 4-hydroxybutyrate—CoA ligase
Systematic name
4-hydroxybutanoate:CoA ligase (AMP-forming)
Comment
Isolated from the archaeon Metallosphaera sedula. Involved in the 3-hydroxypropanoate/4-hydroxybutanoate cycle. cf. EC 6.2.1.56, 4-hydroxybutyrate—CoA ligase (ADP-forming).
History
created 2014, modified 2019
EC Tree
1.14.13.45 created 1992, deleted 2003