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2.7.8.38

Accepted name:

archaetidylserine synthase

Reaction:

(1) CDP-2,3-bis-(O-geranylgeranyl)-sn-glycerol + L-serine = CMP + 2,3-bis-(O-geranylgeranyl)-sn-glycero-1-phospho-L-serine
(2) CDP-2,3-bis-(O-phytanyl)-sn-glycerol + L-serine = CMP + 2,3-bis-(O-phytanyl)-sn-glycero-1-phospho-L-serine

For diagram of archaetidylserine biosynthesis, click here

Glossary:

CDP-2,3-bis-(O-geranylgeranyl)-sn-glycerol = CDP-unsaturated archaeol
2,3-bis-(O-geranylgeranyl)-sn-glycero-1-phospho-L-serine = unsaturated archaetidylserine
CDP-2,3-bis-(O-phytanyl)-sn-glycerol = CDP archaeol
2,3-bis-(O-phytanyl)-sn-glycero-1-phospho-L-serine = archaetidylserine

Systematic name:

CDP-2,3-bis-(O-geranylgeranyl)-sn-glycerol:L-serine 2,3-bis-(O-geranylgeranyl)-sn-glycerol phosphotransferase

Comments:

Requires Mn²⁺. Isolated from the archaeon Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus.

Links to other databases:

BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc

References:

1.	Morii, H. and Koga, Y. CDP-2,3-di-O-geranylgeranyl-sn-glycerol:L-serine O-archaetidyltransferase (archaetidylserine synthase) in the methanogenic archaeon Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus. J. Bacteriol. 185 (2003) 1181–1189. [DOI] [PMID: 12562787]

[EC 2.7.8.38 created 2013, modified 2013]