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| Name       = Tritrans,polycis-undecaprenyl-diphosphate synthase (geranylgeranyl-diphosphate specific)
| EC_number  = 2.5.1.89
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'''{{chem name|Tritrans,polycis-undecaprenyl-diphosphate synthase (geranylgeranyl-diphosphate specific)}}''' ({{EC number|2.5.1.89}}) is an [[Biology:Enzyme|enzyme]] with [[Biology:List of enzymes|systematic name]] ''{{chem name|geranylgeranyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate cistransferase}} (adding 7 isopentenyl units)''.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hemmi H, Yamashita S, Shimoyama T, Nakayama T, Nishino T | title = Cloning, expression, and characterization of cis-polyprenyl diphosphate synthase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius | journal = Journal of Bacteriology | volume = 183 | issue = 1 | pages = 401–4 | date = January 2001 | pmid = 11114943 | pmc = 94892 | doi = 10.1128/JB.183.1.401-404.2001 }}</ref> This enzyme [[Chemistry:Catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[Chemistry:Chemical reaction|chemical reaction]]

: geranylgeranyl diphosphate + 7 isopentenyl diphosphate <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> 7 diphosphate + tritrans,heptacis-undecaprenyl diphosphate

This enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of the glycosyl carrier lipid in some archaebacteria.

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{MeshName|Tritrans,polycis-undecaprenyl-diphosphate+synthase+(geranylgeranyl-diphosphate+specific)}}

{{Alkyl and aryl transferases}}
{{Enzymes}}

[[Category:EC 2.5.1]]

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