Geranylgeranyl diphosphate diphosphatase

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EC number 3.1.7.5 BRENDA BRENDA entry KEGG KEGG entry		IntEnz IntEnz view ExPASy NiceZyme view MetaCyc metabolic pathway

Geranylgeranyl diphosphate diphosphatase (EC 3.1.7.5, geranylgeranyl diphosphate phosphatase) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphohydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

geranylgeranyl diphosphate + H₂O ⇌ geranylgeraniol + diphosphate

This enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of plaunotol.

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Geranylgeranyl diphosphate diphosphatase Wikipedia

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