Thiolase: A Versatile Biocatalyst Employing Coenzyme A–Thioester Chemistry for Making and Breaking C–C Bonds

RK Harijan, S Dalwani, TR Kiema… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Thiolases are CoA-dependent enzymes that catalyze the thiolytic cleavage of 3-ketoacyl-
CoA, as well as its reverse reaction, which is the thioester-dependent Claisen condensation …

The 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase: an engineered enzyme for carbon chain elongation of chemical compounds

L Liu, S Zhou, Y Deng - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2020 - Springer
Because of their function of catalyzing the rearrangement of the carbon chains, thiolases
have attracted increasing attentions over the past decades. The 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase …

Rational design of the substrate tunnel of β-ketothiolase reveals a local cationic domain modulated rule that improves the efficiency of Claisen Condensation

L Liu, S Zhou, Y Deng - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Formation of carbon–carbon bonds via Claisen condensation catalyzed by thiolase
generates a diverse range of carbon frameworks in biosynthetic chemistry. During catalysis …

Crystal structure of FadA2 thiolase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and prediction of its substrate specificity and membrane‐anchoring properties

R Singh, P Kundu, VK Mishra, BK Singh… - The FEBS …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of human death caused by Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (Mtb). Mtb can enter into a long‐lasting persistence where it can utilize fatty …

Finis tolueni: a new type of thiolase with an integrated Zn‐finger subunit catalyzes the final step of anaerobic toluene metabolism

S Weidenweber, K Schühle, ML Lippert… - The FEBS …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Anaerobic toluene degradation involves β‐oxidation of the first intermediate (R)‐2‐
benzylsuccinate to succinyl‐CoA and benzoyl‐CoA. Here, we characterize the last enzyme …

The peroxisomal zebrafish SCP2-thiolase (type-1) is a weak transient dimer as revealed by crystal structures and native mass spectrometry

TR Kiema, CJ Thapa, M Laitaoja, W Schmitz… - Biochemical …, 2019 - portlandpress.com
The SCP2 (sterol carrier protein 2)-thiolase (type-1) functions in the vertebrate peroxisomal,
bile acid synthesis pathway, converting 24-keto-THC-CoA and CoA into choloyl-CoA and …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis for differentiation between two classes of thiolase: degradative vs biosynthetic thiolase

S Bhaskar, DL Steer, R Anand, S Panjikar - Journal of Structural Biology: X, 2020 - Elsevier
Thiolases are a well characterized family of enzymes with two distinct categories:
degradative, β-ketoadipyl-CoA thiolases and biosynthetic, acetoacetyl-CoA thiolases. Both …

Crystal structure of a thiolase from Archaeal Pyrococcus furiosus and its in silico functional annotation

R Singh, VK Mishra, AK Das - Biochemical and Biophysical Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
In most of the eukaryotes and archaea, isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) and dimethyl allyl
pyrophosphate (DMAPP) essential building blocks of all isoprenoids synthesized in the …