From Lauric acid to Lauroyl-CoA

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
van Beilen JB, Eggink G, Enequist H, Bos R, Witholt B. Mol Microbiol (1992) 6(21): 3121-36.

Search Medline for bacterial acyl-CoA synthetase.
34 citations on March 09, 2012. 

        Lauric acid        
             |
             |  ATP + CoA-SH + H+
    acyl-CoA | /
  synthetase |/
     6.2.1.3 | Search GenBank, 2586 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
       Kyoto |\
      ExPASy | \
             |  AMP + PPi
             v
        Lauroyl-CoA
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