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EC 2.5.1.115 Details
EC number
2.5.1.115
Accepted name
homogentisate phytyltransferase
Reaction
phytyl diphosphate + homogentisate = diphosphate + 2-methyl-6-phytylbenzene-1,4-diol + CO2
Other name(s)
HPT, VTE2 (gene name)
Systematic name
phytyl-diphosphate:homogentisate phytyltransferase
Comment
Requires Mg2+ for activity [3]. Involved in the biosynthesis of the vitamin E tocopherols. While the enzyme from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803 has an appreciable activity with geranylgeranyl diphosphate (EC 2.5.1.116, homogentisate geranylgeranyltransferase), the enzyme from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana has only a low activity with that substrate [1,3,4].
History
created 2014
EC Tree
3.1.3.30 created 1972, deleted 1992
3.1.3.61 created 1992, deleted 2002
3.1.3.65 created 1992, deleted 2002