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Presqualene diphosphate synthase

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EC number
  
2.5.1.103

BRENDA
  
BRENDA entry

KEGG
  
KEGG entry

IntEnz
  
IntEnz view

ExPASy
  
NiceZyme view

MetaCyc
  
metabolic pathway

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). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

2 (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate presqualene diphosphate + diphosphate

This enzyme is isolated from the green alga Botryococcus braunii BOT22.

References

Presqualene diphosphate synthase Wikipedia