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EC 3.6.1.27 Details
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3.6.1.27
Accepted name
undecaprenyl-diphosphate phosphatase
Reaction
ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl diphosphate + H2O = ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl phosphate + phosphate
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
CAS registry number
9077-80-9
Comment
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.
History
created 1978, modified 2002, modified 2012
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1 Oxidoreductases
3 Hydrolases
3.6.2.1 adenylylsulfatase
