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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Carrier Proteins > Acyl Carrier Protein

Preferred term

Acyl Carrier Protein  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Myristoyl ACP
  • Myristoyl-ACP

Note

  • /biosyn /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • Consists of a polypeptide chain and 4'-phosphopantetheine linked to a serine residue by a phosphodiester bond. Acyl groups are bound as thiol esters to the pantothenyl group. Acyl carrier protein is involved in every step of fatty acid synthesis by the cytoplasmic system.

History note

  • 78

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000213

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