Mycothiol synthase

Mycothiol synthase (EC 2.3.1.189, MshD) is an enzyme with systematic name acetyl-CoA:desacetylmycothiol O-acetyltransferase.^[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

desacetylmycothiol + acetyl-CoA ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ CoA + mycothiol

Mycothiol synthase
Identifiers
EC no.	2.3.1.189
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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This enzyme catalyses the last step in the biosynthesis of mycothiol