Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase

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chloramphenicol acetyltransferase
Identifiers
Symbol CAT
HUGO [1]
UniProt P62577
Other data
EC number 2.3.1.28

Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase is a bacterial enzyme that detoxifies the antibiotic chloramphenicol. It is responsible for chloramphenicol resistance in bacteria. This enzyme covalentely attaches an acetyl group from acetyl coA to the chloramphenicol molecule so that it is unable to bind to the ribosome.

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Transferases: acyltransferases (EC 2.3)

Carnitine O-palmitoyltransferase - Glyceronephosphate O-acyltransferase - Lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase - Citrate synthase

Acetyltransferases: Beta-galactoside transacetylase - Choline acetyltransferase - Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase - Histone acetyltransferase (P300/CBP)- N-Acetylglutamate synthase -

Serotonin N-acetyl transferase

Aminoacyltransferases: Peptidyl transferase - Transglutaminase (Tissue transglutaminase, Factor XIII)

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