This mycobacterial enzyme participates in the biosynthesis of phenolphthiocerols. Following the substrate's activation by adenylation, it is transferred to an acyl-carrier protein domain within the enzyme, from which it is transferred to EC 2.3.1.261, 4-hydroxyphenylalkanoate synthase.
History
EC 6.2.1.50 created 2017 as EC 2.7.7.98, transferred 2017 to EC 6.2.1.50
Simeone R, Leger M, Constant P, Malaga W, Marrakchi H, Daffe M, Guilhot C, Chalut C
Title
Delineation of the roles of FadD22, FadD26 and FadD29 in the biosynthesis of phthiocerol dimycocerosates and related compounds in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.