ID 6.2.1.30 DE phenylacetate--CoA ligase. CA 2-phenylacetate + ATP + CoA = AMP + diphosphate + phenylacetyl-CoA. CC -!- Also acts, more slowly, on acetate, propanoate and butanoate, but not CC on hydroxy derivatives of phenylacetate and related compounds. CC -!- Formerly EC 6.2.1.21. DR Q9L9C1, PAAK_AROEV ; P76085, PAAK_ECOLI ; O33469, PAAK_PSEPU ; DR Q72K16, PAAK_THET2 ; //