2dh4

Structural highlights

Function

GGPPS_YEAST Catalyzes the trans-addition of the 3 molecules of IPP onto DMAPP to form geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate. Required for the membrane attachment of YPT1 and SEC4. May be involved in vesicle trafficking and protein sorting.^{[1] [2]}

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

• Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Jiang Y, Proteau P, Poulter D, Ferro-Novick S. BTS1 encodes a geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem. 1995 Sep 15;270(37):21793-9. PMID:7665600
2. ↑ Shiflett SL, Vaughn MB, Huynh D, Kaplan J, Ward DM. Bph1p, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae homologue of CHS1/beige, functions in cell wall formation and protein sorting. Traffic. 2004 Sep;5(9):700-10. PMID:15296494 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0854.2004.00213.x