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CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase
Functional Family Heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase component II

Enzyme Information

2.5.1.83
Hexaprenyl-diphosphate synthase ((2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate specific).
based on mapping to UniProt O66129
(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + 3 isopentenyl diphosphate = 3 diphosphate + all-trans-hexaprenyl diphosphate.
-!- The enzyme prefers farnesyl diphosphate to geranylgeranyl diphosphate as an allylic substrate and does not show activity for geranyl diphosphate and dimethylallyl diphosphate. -!- Formerly EC 2.5.1.33.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

O66127
HEXA_MICLU
Micrococcus luteus
Hexaprenyl-diphosphate synthase small subunit ((2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate specific)

PDB Structure

PDB 3AQC
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Crystal structure of heterodimeric hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase from Micrococcus luteus B-P 26 reveals that the small subunit is directly involved in the product chain length regulation.
Sasaki, D., Fujihashi, M., Okuyama, N., Kobayashi, Y., Noike, M., Koyama, T., Miki, K.
J.Biol.Chem.
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