IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.3.1.310

Accepted name: benzoylsuccinyl-CoA thiolase

Reaction: (S)-2-benzoylsuccinyl-CoA + CoA = benzoyl-CoA + succinyl-CoA

Other name(s): bbsAB (gene names)

Systematic name: (S)-2-benzoylsuccinyl-CoA:CoA benzoyltransferase (benzoyl-CoA-forming)

Comments: The enzyme, characterized from the bacteria Thauera aromatica and Geobacter metallireducens, participates in an anaerobic toluene degradation pathway.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number:

References:

1. Leuthner, B. and Heider, J. Anaerobic toluene catabolism of Thauera aromatica: the bbs operon codes for enzymes of β oxidation of the intermediate benzylsuccinate. J. Bacteriol. 182 (2000) 272-277. [PMID: 10629170]

2. Weidenweber, S., Schuhle, K., Lippert, M.L., Mock, J., Seubert, A., Demmer, U., Ermler, U. and Heider, J. Finis tolueni: a new type of thiolase with an integrated Zn-finger subunit catalyzes the final step of anaerobic toluene metabolism. FEBS J. (2022) . [PMID: 35313080]

[EC 2.3.1.310 created 2022]


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