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PROSITE documentation PDOC00817 [for PROSITE entry PS01066] |
Undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthase (EC 2.5.1.31) (UPP synthase) [1] generates undecaprenyl pyrophosphate (UPP) from isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP). This bacterial enzyme is also found in archaebacteria; it is also related to the following uncharacterized proteins:
These are proteins of about 26 to 40 Kd whose central region is well conserved. They can be picked up in the database by the following pattern.
Last update:December 2004 / Pattern and text revised.
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1 | Authors | Apfel C.M. Takacs B. Fountoulakis M. Stieger M. Keck W. |
Title | Use of genomics to identify bacterial undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase: cloning, expression, and characterization of the essential uppS gene. | |
Source | J. Bacteriol. 181:483-492(1999). | |
PubMed ID | 9882662 |