Reaction: all-trans-pentaprenyl diphosphate + sn-glycerol 1-phosphate = sn-3-O-(farnesylgeranyl)glycerol 1-phosphate + diphosphate
Other name(s): GFGP synthase
Systematic name: all-trans pentaprenyl diphosphate:sn-glycerol-1-phosphate pentaprenyltransferase
Comments: The enzyme, characterized from the archaeon Aeropyrum pernix, catalyses the first pathway-specific step in the biosynthesis of the core membrane C25,C25-diether lipids in some archaea. It does not act on geranylgeranyl diphosphate. cf. EC 2.5.1.41, phosphoglycerol geranylgeranyltransferase.
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References:
1. Yoshida, R., Yoshimura, T. and Hemmi, H. Biosynthetic machinery for C25,C25-diether archaeal lipids from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Aeropyrum pernix. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 497 (2018) 87-92. [PMID: 29427665]