PKS_PP

Phosphopantetheine attachment site
PKS_PP
SMART accession number:SM00823
Description: Phosphopantetheine (or pantetheine 4' phosphate) is the prosthetic group of acyl carrier proteins (ACP) in some multienzyme complexes where it serves as a 'swinging arm' for the attachment of activated fatty acid and amino-acid groups (PUBMED:5321311).
Interpro abstract (IPR020806):

Phosphopantetheine (or pantetheine 4' phosphate) is the prosthetic group of acyl carrier proteins (ACP) in some multienzyme complexes where it serves as a 'swinging arm' for the attachment of activated fatty acid and amino-acid groups [ (PUBMED:5321311) ].

The amino-terminal region of the ACP proteins is well defined and consists of alpha four helices arranged in a right-handed bundle held together by interhelical hydrophobic interactions. The Asp-Ser-Leu (DSL) motif is conserved in all of the ACP sequences, and the 4'-PP prosthetic group is covalently linked via a phosphodiester bond to the serine residue. The DSL sequence is present at the amino terminus of helix II, a domain of the protein referred to as the recognition helix and which is responsible for the interaction of ACPs with the enzymes of type II fatty acid synthesis [ (PUBMED:11825906) ].

This entry represents the phosphopantetheine-binding domain from polyketide synthases. Polyketide synthases are large multidomain proteins involved in the synthesis of secondary metabolites [ (PUBMED:15958783) ].

GO function:phosphopantetheine binding (GO:0031177)
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There are 98513 PKS_PP domains in 36236 proteins in SMART's nrdb database.

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