Phosphopolyprenol_glucosyltransferase

Phosphopolyprenol glucosyltransferase

Phosphopolyprenol glucosyltransferase

Class of enzymes

In enzymology, a phosphopolyprenol glucosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.78) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

UDP-glucose + polyprenyl phosphate UDP + polyprenylphosphate-glucose
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Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are UDP-glucose and polyprenyl phosphate, whereas its two products are UDP and polyprenylphosphate-glucose.

This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferases, specifically the hexosyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is UDP-glucose:phosphopolyprenol D-glucosyltransferase. Other names in common use include uridine diphosphoglucose-polyprenol monophosphate, glucosyltransferase, and UDP-glucose:polyprenol monophosphate glucosyltransferase.

References

    • Jankowski W, Mankowski T, Chojnacki T (1974). "Formation of polyprenol monophosphate glucose in Shigella flexneri". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 337 (1): 153–62. doi:10.1016/0005-2760(74)90050-2. PMID 4373050.


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