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tesB - acyl-CoA thioesterase II

Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655

Naggert, J. et al., Zheng, Z. et al.

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Disease relevance of tesB

The gene (tesB) encoding Escherichia coli thioesterase II, a low-abundance enzyme of unknown physiological function which can hydrolyze a broad range of acyl-CoA thioesters, has been localized by transposon mutagenesis, cloned and sequenced [1].

High impact information on tesB

E. coli strains having a large deletion within the genomic tesB gene grew normally but retained a low level of thioesterase activity toward decanoyl-CoA [1].
In addition, 3HD was synthesized from glucose or fructose by recombinant E. coli harboring phaG and tesB [2].

References

Cloning, sequencing, and characterization of Escherichia coli thioesterase II. Naggert, J., Narasimhan, M.L., DeVeaux, L., Cho, H., Randhawa, Z.I., Cronan, J.E., Green, B.N., Smith, S. J. Biol. Chem. (1991) [Pubmed]
Thioesterase II of Escherichia coli plays an important role in 3-hydroxydecanoic acid production. Zheng, Z., Gong, Q., Liu, T., Deng, Y., Chen, J.C., Chen, G.Q. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2004) [Pubmed]

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