medium-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity

id: GO:0031956
name: medium-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + a medium-chain carboxylic acid + CoA = AMP + diphosphate + an acyl-CoA; medium-chain fatty acids have chain lengths of C8-12.

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