Transferases;
Transferring alkyl or aryl groups, other than methyl groups;
Transferring alkyl or aryl groups, other than methyl groups (only sub-subclass identified to date)
Sysname
prenyl-diphosphate:3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl-diphosphate transferase (adding 5 units of 3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl)
This activity has been characterized from a number of fungal bifunctional enzymes. Following the formation of hexaprenyl diphosphate, a different domain in the enzymes catalyses its cyclization into a triterpene (see EC 4.2.3.221, macrophomene synthase and EC 4.2.3.220, talaropentaene synthase). cf. EC 2.5.1.82, hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase [geranylgeranyl-diphosphate specific].
Tao H, Lauterbach L, Bian G, Chen R, Hou A, Mori T, Cheng S, Hu B, Lu L, Mu X, Li M, Adachi N, Kawasaki M, Moriya T, Senda T, Wang X, Deng Z, Abe I, Dickschat JS, Liu T.
