Crystal structures of substrate binding to Bacillus subtilis holo-(acyl carrier protein) synthase reveal a novel trimeric arrangement of molecules resulting in three active sites.
Parris, K.D., Lin, L., Tam, A., Mathew, R., Hixon, J., Stahl, M., Fritz, C.C., Seehra, J., Somers, W.S.(2000) Structure Fold.Des. 8: 883-895
- PubMed: 10997907 
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- PubMed Abstract: 
Holo-(acyl carrier protein) synthase (AcpS), a member of the phosphopantetheinyl transferase superfamily, plays a crucial role in the functional activation of acyl carrier protein (ACP) in the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway. AcpS catalyzes the attac ...