Presqualene diphosphate synthase
Class of enzymes
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Presqualene diphosphate synthase (EC 2.5.1.103, SSL-1 (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate:(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase (presqualene diphosphate forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- 2 (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate presqualene diphosphate + diphosphate
| Presqualene diphosphate synthase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 2.5.1.103 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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This enzyme is isolated from the green alga Botryococcus braunii BOT22.
