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. 2012 Feb 28;21(5):655–666. doi: 10.1002/pro.2050

Table I.

Acyl Carrier Protein Families

Family Approximate number of sequencesa Producing domain Role Representative end product (nonexhaustive list) UniProt accession code Reference
ACP1 2870 B, E, Ab Freestanding ACPs:
 in type II fatty acid synthesis Fatty acids P0A6A8 19
 in bacterial long-chain fatty acid synthesis Long-chain fatty acids P0A2W5 20
 in mitochondria Fatty acids P52505 21
ACP2 180 E  ACP domains of fungal FASs Fatty acids P19097 22
ACP3 190 E  ACP domains of animal FASs Fatty acids P49327 23
ACP4 50 B  Freestanding ACPs in polyketide synthesis Bacillaene Q7PC63 24
ACP5 100 B  Freestanding ACPs in polyketide synthesis Actinorhodin Q02054 25
Frenolicin Q54996 26
Oxytetracycline P43677 27
ACP6 100 B  ACP domains in PKSs Mycocerosic acid Q02251 28
Phthioceranic acids O07798 29
ACP7 30 E  ACP domains in PKSs 6-Methylsalicylic acid P22367 30
ACP8 240 B, E  ACP domains in PKSs Aflatoxin Q12053 31
 Conidial yellow pigment Q03149 32
ACP9 80 E  ACP domain in PKSs/chalcone synthases Acylpyrones Q55E72 33
ACP10 7000 B, E, A  ACP/PCP domain in PKSs/NRPSs and ACP domain in ferrichrome synthases Surfactin P27206 34
Erythronolide Q03131 35
Gramicidin P0C061 36
Phthiocerol Q7TXL8 37
Tyrocidine O30409 38
Plipastatin O31827 39
Enniatin Q00869 40
Ferrichrome Q9P7T1 41
Bacillaene Q05470 42
ACP11 120 E  ACP domains in PKSs Lovastatin Q9Y8A5 43
ACP12 280 B  ACP domains in enterobactin synthases Enterobactin P0ADI4 44
 ACP domains in isochorismatases Mycobactins P71717 45
ACP13 220 B, E  ACP domains in enterobactin synthases Enterobactin P11454 46
ACP15 200 B  Freestanding ACPs active with malonate  decarboxylases Acetate O06925 47
ACP16 300 B  Freestanding ACPs active with citrate lyases Acetyl-CoA P02903 48
ACP17 250 B  Freestanding d-alanyl carrier proteins d-Alanyl lipoteichoic acid P55153 49
a

Present in the ThYme database at the time of writing this article.

b

A, archaea; B, bacteria; E, eukaryota. Most prevalent producers bolded.