Coenzyme A functions as an acyl group carrier, acetyl-CoA. Octanoyl coenzyme A is a donor molecule for the acylation (octanylation) of Ghrelin and other peptides by ghrelin O-acyltransferase(s) (GOAT).
ChEBI: Octanoyl-CoA is a medium-chain fatty acyl-CoA that results from the formal condensation of the thiol group of coenzyme A with the carboxy group of octanoic acid. It has a role as an Escherichia coli metabolite and a mouse metabolite. It is functionally related to an octanoic acid. It is a conjugate acid of an octanoyl-CoA(4-).
Medium-chain fatty acid covalently linked to coenzyme A.
