Malonyl CoA
CAS number: 524-14-1
Malonyl-CoA is the S-malonyl derivative of coenzyme A. It has a role as an EC 2.3.1.21 (carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase) inhibitor, a metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite and a mouse metabolite. It is functionally related to a coenzyme A. It is a conjugate acid of a malonyl-CoA(5-).
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Postulated mechanism of plumbagin biosynthesis and comparison with the reaction of chalcone synthase (CHS). The PKS involved in plumbagin (8) biosynthesis presumably catalyzes the decarboxylative condensation of acetyl-CoA (5) with five molecules of malonyl-CoA (1).
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