Term Name: acid-amino acid ligase activity
Synonyms: peptide synthase activity
Definition: Catalysis of the ligation of an acid to an amino acid via a carbon-nitrogen bond, with the concomitant hydrolysis of the diphosphate bond in ATP or a similar triphosphate.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0016881]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: ligase activity, forming carbon-nitrogen bonds
has subtype: 2,3-dihydroxybenzoate-serine ligase activity aerobactin synthase activity amino acid ligation activity by nonribosomal peptide synthase carnitine-CoA ligase activity carnosine synthase activity coenzyme F420-0 gamma-glutamyl ligase activity coenzyme F420-2 alpha-glutamyl ligase activity cyanophycin synthetase activity cyclopeptine synthase activity D-alanine-alanyl-poly(glycerolphosphate) ligase activity D-alanine-D-alanine ligase activity dihydrofolate synthase activity gamma-glutamylhistamine synthase activity glutamate-cysteine ligase activity glutathione synthase activity homocarnosine synthase activity homoglutathione synthase activity indole-3-acetic acid amido synthetase activity jasmonoyl-L-amino acid ligase activity L-amino-acid alpha-ligase activity L-propargylglycine--L-glutamate ligase activity N-(4-aminobenzoyl)-L-glutamate synthetase activity N-(4-hydroxybenzoyl)-L-glutamate synthetase activity N-(5-amino-5-carboxypentanoyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-valine synthase activity N-benzoyl-L-glutamate synthetase activity N-vanillate-L-glutamate synthetase activity pantoate-beta-alanine ligase activity phosphopantothenate--cysteine ligase activity phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase activity protein-glutamic acid ligase activity protein-glycine ligase activity tetrahydrofolylpolyglutamate synthase activity tubulin-tyrosine ligase activity tyrosine-arginine ligase activity UDP-N-acetylmuramate-L-alanine ligase activity UDP-N-acetylmuramate-L-alanyl-gamma-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate ligase activity UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate--D-lysine ligase activity UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate-L-lysine ligase activity UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-tripeptide-D-alanyl-D-alanine ligase activity UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine-D-glutamate ligase activity UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanyl-D-glutamate-2,6-diaminopimelate ligase activity UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanyl-D-glutamyl-2,6-diaminopimelate-D-alanyl-D-alanine ligase activity
inverse has_part: gliotoxin biosynthetic process