NCBI Accession #
NP_001031221.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_001036144.2
NCBI Official Full Name
3-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III
NCBI Official Symbol
KAS III
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
3-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III; 3-KETOACYL-ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN SYNTHASE III; T3P18.20; T3P18_20
NCBI Protein Information
3-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III
NCBI Summary
3-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III (KAS III)
UniProt Gene Name
At1g62640
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
KAS III
UniProt Protein Name
3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] synthase III, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthase III; KAS III
UniProt Primary Accession #
P49243
UniProt Secondary Accession #
P93722; Q9SI84; Q9SXD3
UniProt Related Accession #
P49243
UniProt Comments
Catalyzes the condensation reaction of fatty acid synthesis by the addition to an acyl acceptor of two carbons from malonyl-ACP. KAS III catalyzes the first condensation reaction which initiates fatty acid synthesis and may therefore play a role in governing the total rate of fatty acid production. Possesses both acetoacetyl-ACP synthase and acetyl transacylase activities .