4-Hydroxybenzoate Polyprenyltransferase

4-Hydroxybenzoate Polyprenyltransferase is an enzyme with functions in Ubiquinone Biosynthesis.

• AKA: 4-Hydroxybenzoate Octaprenyltransferase. Para-Hydroxybenzoate Polyprenyltransferase.
• Example(s):
  • E. coli http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P0AGK1
  • Bacillus Cereus PLC http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P09598
  • PMID 4960932: “Polyprenyldiphosphate : 4-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase (4-HB polyprenyltransferase ) is a key enzyme in ubiquinone biosynthesis in E. coli, encoded by the gene ubiA .By overexpression of ubiA and isolation of the membrane fraction, the enzyme was enriched approx”
• See: Eukaryotic Cell Physiology, Signal Transduction.

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References

2009

• (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-hydroxybenzoate_polyprenyltransferase
  • P4-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase is an enzyme with functions in ubiquinone biosynthesis. Other synonyms for the enzyme are :
    • 4-hydroxybenzoate octaprenyltransferase
    • polyprenyl pyrophosphate-p-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase
    • para-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase
    • 4-ohb-pp-transferase
    • ubia gene product
  • Registry number: EC 2.5.1.-

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