Function | Fatty acyl-coenzyme A (CoA) diphosphatase that hydrolyzes fatty acyl-CoA to yield acyl-4'-phosphopantetheine and adenosine 3',5'-bisphosphate. Cleaves CoA, CoA esters and oxidized CoA with similar efficiencies. Preferentially hydrolyzes medium-chain acyl-CoAs and bile acid-CoAs. Has no activity toward NDP-sugars, CDP-alcohols, (deoxy)nucleoside 5'-triphosphates, nucleoside 5'-di or monophosphates, diadenosine polyphosphates, NAD, NADH, NADP, NADPH or thymidine-5'-monophospho-p-nitrophenyl ester. May be required to eliminate oxidized CoA from peroxisomes, or regulate CoA and acyl-CoA levels in this organelle in response to metabolic demand. Does not play a role in U8 snoRNA decapping activity. Binds U8 snoRNA. Exhibits decapping activity towards dpCoA-capped RNAs in vitro. |
Protein Name | Peroxisomal Coenzyme A Diphosphatase Nudt7Nucleoside Diphosphate-Linked Moiety X Motif 7Nudix Motif 7 |
Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-390918Reactome: R-HSA-9033241 |
Cellular Localisation | Peroxisome |
Alternative Protein Names | Peroxisomal Coenzyme A Diphosphatase Nudt7 proteinNucleoside Diphosphate-Linked Moiety X Motif 7 proteinNudix Motif 7 proteinNUDT7 protein |
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