Tritrans,polycis-undecaprenyl-diphosphate synthase (geranylgeranyl-diphosphate specific)

Tritrans,polycis-undecaprenyl-diphosphate synthase (geranylgeranyl-diphosphate specific) (EC 2.5.1.89) is an enzyme with systematic name geranylgeranyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate cistransferase (adding 7 isopentenyl units).^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

geranylgeranyl diphosphate + 7 isopentenyl diphosphate ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ 7 diphosphate + tritrans,heptacis-undecaprenyl diphosphate

Tritrans,polycis-undecaprenyl-diphosphate synthase (geranylgeranyl-diphosphate specific)
Identifiers
EC no.	2.5.1.89
Databases
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BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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This enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of the glycosyl carrier lipid in some archaebacteria.