CAROTENOID NAME | 4,4-prime-Diapophytoene |
ENZYME NAME | 4,4-prime-diapophytoene synthase |
ORGANISM NAME | Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus str Newman/KCTC 1928 |
PATHWAY NAME | Staphyloxanthin Pathway |
BASED ON LITERATURE | crtM (Kim et al,2012) |
NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE | |
PROTEIN SEQUENCE | |
REACTION | Presqualene diphosphate <=> 4,4'-Diapophytoene + Diphosphate |
REACTION2 | Presqualene diphosphate <=> 4,4'-Diapophytoene + Diphosphate |
SYSNAME | farnesyl-diphosphate:farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase (4,4'-diapophytoene forming) |
CLASS | 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) |
SUBSTRATE | Presqualene diphosphate |
PRODUCT | 4,4'-Diapophytoene + Diphosphate |
SOURCE OF REACTION 1 | click here to open link |
SOURCE OF REACTION 2 | click here to open link |
REFERENCES |
1. Kim SH, Lee PC: Functional expression and extension of staphylococcal staphyloxanthin biosynthetic pathway in Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 2012, 287:21575-83. (PMID:22535955) |