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Encyclopedia > Acetyltransferase
Chemical structure of an acetyl group bound to the remainder R of a molecule.
Chemical structure of an acetyl group bound to the remainder R of a molecule.

Acetyltransferase is a type of transferase enzyme which transfers an acetyl group. In biochemistry, a transferase is an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a functional group (e. ... Ribbon diagram of the enzyme TIM, surrounded by the space-filling model of the protein. ... Acetyl is the radical of acetic acid. ...


Examples include:

Choline acetyltransferase (EC 2. ... Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase is a bacterial enzyme that detoxifies the antibiotic chloramphenicol. ... Histone acetyltransferase (HAT) are enzymes that acetylate conserved lysine amino acids on histone proteins by transferring an acetyl group from acetyl CoA to lysine to form ε-N-acetyl lysine. ...

See also

Acetyl Acyltransferase is a type of transferase enzyme which acts upon acyl groups. ...

External links

  • MeSH Acetyltransferases


 

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