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EC 2.5.1.99 Details
EC number
2.5.1.99
Accepted name
all-trans-phytoene synthase
Reaction
2 geranylgeranyl diphosphate = all-trans-phytoene + 2 diphosphate (overall reaction);;(1a) 2 geranylgeranyl diphosphate = diphosphate + prephytoene diphosphate;;(1b) prephytoene diphosphate = all-trans-phytoene + diphosphate
Other name(s)
prephytoene-diphosphate synthase (ambiguous), phytoene synthetase (ambiguous), PSase (ambiguous), geranylgeranyl-diphosphate geranylgeranyltransferase (ambiguous), 15-trans-phytoene synthase
Systematic name
geranylgeranyl-diphosphate:geranylgeranyl-diphosphate geranylgeranyltransferase (all-trans-phytoene forming)
Comment
Requires Mn2+ for activity. The enzyme from the bacterium Pantoea agglomerans (previously known as Erwinia herbicola) produces the all-trans isomer of phytoene. cf. EC 2.5.1.32, 15-cis-phytoene synthase.
History
created 2012, deleted 2018
EC Tree
2.5.1.12 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.5.1.13 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.5.1.14 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.5.1.37 created 1989, deleted 2004
2.5.1.40 created 1992, deleted 1999