very long-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity

id: GO:0031957
name: very long-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: ATP + a very-long-chain carboxylic acid + CoA = AMP + diphosphate + an acyl-CoA; very-long-chain fatty acids have chain lengths of greater than C18.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0015645fatty acid ligase activity