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In enzymology, a dicarboxylate—CoA ligase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
The 3 substrates of this enzyme are ATP, alphaomega-dicarboxylic acid, and CoA, whereas its 3 products are AMP, diphosphate, and omega-carboxyacyl-CoA.
This enzyme belongs to the family of ligases, specifically those forming carbon-sulfur bonds as acid-thiol ligases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is omega-dicarboxylate:CoA ligase. Other names in common use include carboxylyl-CoA synthetase, and dicarboxylyl-CoA synthetase.
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