Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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gene RsGGPPS, DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, sequence comparisons and phylogenetic analysis, expression in Escherichia coli strain JM109 | Reticulitermes speratus |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Reticulitermes speratus | E9RFD4 | two populations collected in Japan, gene RsGGPPS | - |
Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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epithelial cell | epithelial class 1 gland cell, around the frontal-gland reservoir, termite soldiers show a 3fold higher expression level than workers | Reticulitermes speratus | - |
additional information | not in vacuolar class 3 gland cells, localization study by in situ hybridization analysis | Reticulitermes speratus | - |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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GGPP synthase | - |
Reticulitermes speratus |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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physiological function | geranylgeranyl diphosphate is synthesized as diterpene defensive secretion used as chemical weapon of termite soldiers. GGPP is also used for various other essential cellular roles in animals. It plays an essential role in various processes such as electron transport (e.g., ubiquinones), glycosylation (e.g., dolichols), and membrane association (prenylation of proteins: e.g., geranylgeranylated proteins), as well as in secondary metabolites such as carotenoids | Reticulitermes speratus |