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EC 4.1.1.98 Details
EC number
4.1.1.98
Accepted name
4-hydroxy-3-polyprenylbenzoate decarboxylase
Reaction
a 4-hydroxy-3-polyprenylbenzoate = a 2-polyprenylphenol + CO2
Other name(s)
ubiD (gene name), 4-hydroxy-3-solanesylbenzoate decarboxylase, 3-octaprenyl-4-hydroxybenzoate decarboxylase
Systematic name
4-hydroxy-3-polyprenylbenzoate carboxy-lyase
Comment
The enzyme catalyses a step in prokaryotic ubiquinone biosynthesis, as well as in plastoquinone biosynthesis in cyanobacteria. The enzyme can accept substrates with different polyprenyl tail lengths in vitro, but uses a specific length in vivo, which is determined by the polyprenyl diphosphate synthase that exists in the specific organism. It requires a prenylated flavin cofactor that is produced by EC 2.5.1.129, flavin prenyltransferase.
History
created 2014, modified 2015
EC Tree
1.1.99.15 created 1978, deleted 1980
1.1.99.17 created 1982, deleted 2003
1.5.99.7 created 1976, deleted 2002
1.5.99.10 created 1999, deleted 2002