Geranylgeranyl diphosphate diphosphatase

Geranylgeranyl diphosphate diphosphatase
Identifiers
EC number 3.1.7.5
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Geranylgeranyl diphosphate diphosphatase (EC 3.1.7.5, geranylgeranyl diphosphate phosphatase) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphohydrolase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

geranylgeranyl diphosphate + H2O geranylgeraniol + diphosphate

This enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of plaunotol.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Nualkaew, N.; De-Eknamkul, W.; Kutchan, T.M.; Zenk, M.H. (2006). "Membrane-bound geranylgeranyl diphosphate phosphatases: purification and characterization from Croton stellatopilosus leaves". Phytochemistry. 67: 1613–1620. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.12.014. PMID 16445953.
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