Reaction: ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl diphosphate + H2O = ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl phosphate + phosphate
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Other name(s): C55-isoprenyl diphosphatase; C55-isoprenyl pyrophosphatase; isoprenyl pyrophosphatase (ambiguous); undecaprenyl pyrophosphate phosphatase; undecaprenyl pyrophosphate pyrophosphatase; UPP phosphatase; Und-PP pyrophosphatase; UppP (ambiguous); BacA; undecaprenyl-diphosphate phosphohydrolase; undecaprenyl-diphosphatase
Systematic name: ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl-diphosphate phosphohydrolase
Comments: Isolated from the bacteria Micrococcus lysodeikticus [1], Escherichia coli [2,3,5,6] and Bacillus subtilis [4]. The product of the reaction, ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl phosphate, is essential for cell wall polysaccharide biosynthesis in these strains.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9077-80-9
References:
1. Goldman, R. and Strominger, J.L. Purification and properties of C55-isoprenylpyrophosphate phosphatase from Micrococcus lysodeikticus. J. Biol. Chem. 247 (1972) 5116-5122. [PMID: 4341539]
2. El Ghachi, M., Bouhss, A., Blanot, D. and Mengin-Lecreulx, D. The bacA gene of Escherichia coli encodes an undecaprenyl pyrophosphate phosphatase activity. J. Biol. Chem. 279 (2004) 30106-30113. [PMID: 15138271]
3. El Ghachi, M., Derbise, A., Bouhss, A. and Mengin-Lecreulx, D. Identification of multiple genes encoding membrane proteins with undecaprenyl pyrophosphate phosphatase (UppP) activity in Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 280 (2005) 18689-18695. [PMID: 15778224]
4. Bernard, R., El Ghachi, M., Mengin-Lecreulx, D., Chippaux, M. and Denizot, F. BcrC from Bacillus subtilis acts as an undecaprenyl pyrophosphate phosphatase in bacitracin resistance. J. Biol. Chem. 280 (2005) 28852-28857. [PMID: 15946938]
5. Tatar, L.D., Marolda, C.L., Polischuk, A.N., van Leeuwen, D. and Valvano, M.A. An Escherichia coli undecaprenyl-pyrophosphate phosphatase implicated in undecaprenyl phosphate recycling. Microbiology 153 (2007) 2518-2529. [PMID: 17660416]
6. Touze, T., Blanot, D. and Mengin-Lecreulx, D. Substrate specificity and membrane topology of Escherichia coli PgpB, an undecaprenyl pyrophosphate phosphatase. J. Biol. Chem. 283 (2008) 16573-16583. [PMID: 18411271]