short-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity
id: GO:0031955
name: short-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + a short-chain carboxylic acid + CoA = AMP + diphosphate + an acyl-CoA; short-chain fatty acids have chain lengths of less than 8 carbons.
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0015645 | fatty acid ligase activity |
