Geranylgeranyl diphosphate diphosphatase explained

Geranylgeranyl diphosphate diphosphatase
Ec Number:	3.1.7.5

Geranylgeranyl diphosphate diphosphatase (ES 3.1.7.5, geranylgeranyl diphosphate phosphatase) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphohydrolase.^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

geranylgeranyl diphosphate + H₂O

\rightleftharpoons geranylgeraniol + diphosphate

This enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of plaunotol.

Notes and References

1. Nualkaew N, De-Eknamkul W, Kutchan TM, Zenk MH . Membrane-bound geranylgeranyl diphosphate phosphatases: purification and characterization from Croton stellatopilosus leaves . Phytochemistry . 67 . 15 . 1613–20 . August 2006 . 16445953 . 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.12.014 .