CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Decaprenyl diphosphate synthase-like
Functional Family Isoprenyl transferase 2

Enzyme Information

2.5.1.68
(2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate synthase.
based on mapping to UniProt P9WFF5
Geranyl diphosphate + isopentenyl diphosphate = diphosphate + (2Z,6E)- farnesyl diphosphate.
-!- The product of this reaction is an intermediate in the synthesis of decaprenyl phosphate, which plays a central role in the biosynthesis of most features of the mycobacterial cell wall, including peptidoglycan, linker unit galactan and arabinan. -!- Neryl diphosphate can also act as substrate.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P9WFF5
ZFPP_MYCTU
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
(2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate synthase

PDB Structure

PDB 2VG1
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
The structural basis of chain length control in Rv1086.
Wang, W., Dong, C., McNeil, M., Kaur, D., Mahapatra, S., Crick, D.C., Naismith, J.H.
J. Mol. Biol.