ID   2.3.1.278
DE   mycolipenoyl-CoA--2-(long-chain-fatty acyl)-trehalose
DE   mycolipenoyltransferase.
CA   2-O-(long-chain fatty acyl)-alpha,alpha-trehalose + a mycolipenoyl-CoA =
CA   2-O-(long-chain fatty acyl)-3-O-mycolipenoyl-trehalose + CoA.
CC   -!- The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Mycobacterium
CC       tuberculosis, participates in the biosynthesis of polyacyltrehalose
CC       (PAT), a pentaacylated, trehalose-based glycolipid found in the cell
CC       wall of pathogenic strains.
CC   -!- The enzyme catalyzes two successive activities - it first transfers
CC       an acyl (often palmitoyl) group to position 2 (see EC 2.3.1.279),
CC       followed by the transfer of a mycolipenyl group to position 3.
DR   P9WIK4, PAPA3_MYCTO;  P9WIK5, PAPA3_MYCTU;
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