| EC |
2.7.8.31 |
| Accepted name: |
undecaprenyl-phosphate glucose phosphotransferase |
| Reaction: |
UDP-glucose + ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl phosphate = UMP + α-D-glucopyranosyl-diphospho-ditrans,octacis-undecaprenol |
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For diagram of xanthan biosynthesis, click here |
| Other name(s): |
GumD; undecaprenylphosphate glucosylphosphate transferase |
| Systematic name: |
UDP-glucose:ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl-phosphate glucose phosphotransferase |
| Comments: |
The enzyme is involved in biosynthesis of xanthan. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc |
| References: |
| 1. |
Ielpi, L., Couso, R.O. and Dankert, M.A. Sequential assembly and polymerization of the polyprenol-linked pentasaccharide repeating unit of the xanthan polysaccharide in Xanthomonas campestris. J. Bacteriol. 175 (1993) 2490–2500. [DOI] [PMID: 7683019] |
| 2. |
Katzen, F., Ferreiro, D.U., Oddo, C.G., Ielmini, M.V., Becker, A., Puhler, A. and Ielpi, L. Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris gum mutants: effects on xanthan biosynthesis and plant virulence. J. Bacteriol. 180 (1998) 1607–1617. [PMID: 9537354] |
| 3. |
Kim, S.Y., Kim, J.G., Lee, B.M. and Cho, J.Y. Mutational analysis of the gum gene cluster required for xanthan biosynthesis in Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae. Biotechnol. Lett. 31 (2009) 265–270. [DOI] [PMID: 18854951] |
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