Identification
HMDB Protein ID CDBP00874
Secondary Accession Numbers Not Available
Name Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase
Description Not Available
Synonyms
  1. Dimethylallyltranstransferase
  2. Farnesyltranstransferase
  3. GGPP synthase
  4. GGPPSase
  5. Geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase
  6. Geranyltranstransferase
  7. (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate synthase
  8. Farnesyl diphosphate synthase
Gene Name GGPS1
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in isoprenoid biosynthetic process
Specific Function Catalyzes the trans-addition of the three molecules of IPP onto DMAPP to form geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate, an important precursor of carotenoids and geranylated proteins.
GO Classification
Biological Process
farnesyl diphosphate biosynthetic process
geranyl diphosphate biosynthetic process
cholesterol biosynthetic process
geranylgeranyl diphosphate biosynthetic process
isoprenoid metabolic process
Cellular Component
cytosol
Molecular Function
farnesyltranstransferase activity
metal ion binding
dimethylallyltranstransferase activity
geranyltranstransferase activity
Process
metabolic process
primary metabolic process
lipid metabolic process
cellular lipid metabolic process
isoprenoid metabolic process
isoprenoid biosynthetic process
Cellular Location
  1. Cytoplasm
Pathways
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location 1
Locus 1q43
SNPs GGPS1
Gene Sequence
>903 bp
ATGGAGAAGACTCAAGAAACAGTCCAAAGAATTCTTCTAGAACCCTATAAATACTTACTT
CAGTTACCAGGTAAACAAGTGAGAACCAAACTTTCACAGGCATTTAATCATTGGCTGAAA
GTTCCAGAGGACAAGCTACAGATTATTATTGAAGTGACAGAAATGTTGCATAATGCCAGT
TTACTCATCGATGATATTGAAGACAACTCAAAACTCCGACGTGGCTTTCCAGTGGCCCAC
AGCATCTATGGAATCCCATCTGTCATCAATTCTGCCAATTACGTGTATTTCCTTGGCTTG
GAGAAAGTCTTAACCCTTGATCACCCAGATGCAGTGAAGCTTTTTACCCGCCAGCTTTTG
GAACTCCATCAGGGACAAGGCCTAGATATTTACTGGAGGGATAATTACACTTGTCCCACT
GAAGAAGAATATAAAGCTATGGTGCTGCAGAAAACAGGTGGACTGTTTGGATTAGCAGTA
GGTCTCATGCAGTTGTTCTCTGATTACAAAGAAGATTTAAAACCGCTACTTAATACACTT
GGGCTCTTTTTCCAAATTAGGGATGATTATGCTAATCTACACTCCAAAGAATATAGTGAA
AACAAAAGTTTTTGTGAAGATCTGACAGAGGGAAAGTTCTCATTTCCTACTATTCATGCT
ATTTGGTCAAGGCCTGAAAGCACCCAGGTGCAGAATATCTTGCGCCAGAGAACAGAAAAC
ATAGATATAAAAAAATACTGTGTACATTATCTTGAGGATGTAGGTTCTTTTGAATACACT
CGTAATACCCTTAAAGAGCTTGAAGCTAAAGCCTATAAACAGATTGATGCACGTGGTGGG
AACCCTGAGCTAGTAGCCTTAGTAAAACACTTAAGTAAGATGTTCAAAGAAGAAAATGAA
TAA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 300
Molecular Weight 34870.625
Theoretical pI 6.14
Pfam Domain Function
Signals Not Available
Transmembrane Regions Not Available
Protein Sequence
>Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase
MEKTQETVQRILLEPYKYLLQLPGKQVRTKLSQAFNHWLKVPEDKLQIIIEVTEMLHNAS
LLIDDIEDNSKLRRGFPVAHSIYGIPSVINSANYVYFLGLEKVLTLDHPDAVKLFTRQLL
ELHQGQGLDIYWRDNYTCPTEEEYKAMVLQKTGGLFGLAVGLMQLFSDYKEDLKPLLNTL
GLFFQIRDDYANLHSKEYSENKSFCEDLTEGKFSFPTIHAIWSRPESTQVQNILRQRTEN
IDIKKYCVHYLEDVGSFEYTRNTLKELEAKAYKQIDARGGNPELVALVKHLSKMFKEENE
GenBank ID Protein Not Available
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID O95749
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name GGPPS_HUMAN
PDB IDs
GenBank Gene ID AB017971
GeneCard ID GGPS1
GenAtlas ID GGPS1
HGNC ID HGNC:4249
References
General References Not Available