geranylgeranyl diphosphate biosynthesis

Rodríguez-Concepción M, Boronat A. Elucidation of the methylerythritol phosphate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis in bacteria and plastids. A metabolic milestone achieved through genomics. Plant Physiol. 2002 Nov;130(3):1079–89. PMID: 12427975; PMCID: PMC1540259.; Okada K, Saito T, Nakagawa T, Kawamukai M, Kamiya Y. Five geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthases expressed in different organs are localized into three subcellular compartments in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 2000 Apr;122(4):1045–56. PMID: 10759500; PMCID: PMC58939.

Metabolites

2-trans,6-trans,10-trans-geranylgeranyl diphosphate(3-)

Formula: C20H33O7P2 (447.1701428)

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isopentenyl diphosphate(3-)

Formula: C5H9O7P2 (242.9823524)

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Enzyme

EC Number name full name note
2.5.1.-
2.5.1.1 dimethylallyltranstransferase prenyl-diphosphate:3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl-diphosphate prenyltranstransferase
2.5.1.10 (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate synthase geranyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate geranyltranstransferase
2.5.1.29 geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate farnesyltranstransferase


Proteins

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