UniProt functional annotation for Q9LUD9

UniProt code: Q9LUD9.

Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana (Mouse-ear cress).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Camelineae; Arabidopsis.
 
Function: Catalyzes the trans-addition of the three molecules of IPP onto DMAPP to form geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=dimethylallyl diphosphate + isopentenyl diphosphate = (2E)- geranyl diphosphate + diphosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:22408, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:57623, ChEBI:CHEBI:58057, ChEBI:CHEBI:128769; EC=2.5.1.1;
Catalytic activity: Reaction=(2E)-geranyl diphosphate + isopentenyl diphosphate = (2E,6E)- farnesyl diphosphate + diphosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:19361, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:58057, ChEBI:CHEBI:128769, ChEBI:CHEBI:175763; EC=2.5.1.10;
Catalytic activity: Reaction=(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + isopentenyl diphosphate = (2E,6E,10E)-geranylgeranyl diphosphate + diphosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:17653, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:58756, ChEBI:CHEBI:128769, ChEBI:CHEBI:175763; EC=2.5.1.29;
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Evidence={ECO:0000250}; Note=Binds 2 Mg(2+) ions per subunit. {ECO:0000250};
Pathway: Isoprenoid biosynthesis; farnesyl diphosphate biosynthesis; farnesyl diphosphate from geranyl diphosphate and isopentenyl diphosphate: step 1/1.
Pathway: Isoprenoid biosynthesis; geranyl diphosphate biosynthesis; geranyl diphosphate from dimethylallyl diphosphate and isopentenyl diphosphate: step 1/1.
Pathway: Isoprenoid biosynthesis; geranylgeranyl diphosphate biosynthesis; geranylgeranyl diphosphate from farnesyl diphosphate and isopentenyl diphosphate: step 1/1.
Subunit: Monomer. {ECO:0000250}.
Subcellular location: Plastid, chloroplast {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10759500}.
Tissue specificity: Mainly expressed in roots. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10759500}.
Similarity: Belongs to the FPP/GGPP synthase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.