Acyl Carrier Protein
"Acyl Carrier Protein" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Consists of a polypeptide chain and 4'-phosphopantetheine linked to a serine residue by a phosphodiester bond. Acyl groups are bound as thiol esters to the pantothenyl group. Acyl carrier protein is involved in every step of fatty acid synthesis by the cytoplasmic system.
| Descriptor ID |
D000213
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.157.050
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