butyrate:CoA ligase
(redirected from octanoyl-CoA synthetase)bu·ty·rate:CoA li·gase
(byū'ti-rāt lī'gās),Fatty acid thiokinase (medium chain), a ligase forming acyl-CoA's from medium-chain fatty acids and CoA with the conversion of ATP to AMP and pyrophosphate. A key step in the activation of fatty acids.
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