acyl carrier protein

(thing) by BioTech Tue Nov 09 2004 at 20:10:54

A small (77 peptides long) protein which binds six other enzymes involved in fatty acid synthesis. It was first isolated in E. coli bacteria.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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