Undecaprenyl-phosphate glucose phosphotransferase

Undecaprenyl-phosphate glucose phosphotransferase (EC 2.7.8.31, GumD, undecaprenylphosphate glucosylphosphate transferase) is an enzyme with systematic name UDP-glucose:ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl-phosphate glucose phosphotransferase.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Undecaprenyl-phosphate glucose phosphotransferase
Identifiers
EC no.2.7.8.31
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UDP-glucose + ditrans, octacis-undecaprenyl phosphate UMP + alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-diphospho-ditrans, octacis-undecaprenol

The enzyme is involved in biosynthesis of xanthan.

References

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  1. ^ Ielpi L, Couso RO, Dankert MA (May 1993). "Sequential assembly and polymerization of the polyprenol-linked pentasaccharide repeating unit of the xanthan polysaccharide in Xanthomonas campestris". Journal of Bacteriology. 175 (9): 2490–500. PMC 204549. PMID 7683019.
  2. ^ Katzen F, Ferreiro DU, Oddo CG, Ielmini MV, Becker A, Pühler A, Ielpi L (April 1998). "Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris gum mutants: effects on xanthan biosynthesis and plant virulence". Journal of Bacteriology. 180 (7): 1607–17. PMC 107069. PMID 9537354.
  3. ^ Kim SY, Kim JG, Lee BM, Cho JY (February 2009). "Mutational analysis of the gum gene cluster required for xanthan biosynthesis in Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae". Biotechnology Letters. 31 (2): 265–70. doi:10.1007/s10529-008-9858-3. PMID 18854951.
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