This enzyme is involved in ubiquinone biosynthesis. Ubiquinones from different organisms have a different number of prenyl units (for example, ubiquinone-6 in Saccharomyces, ubiquinone-9 in rat and ubiquinone-10 in human), and thus the natural substrate for the enzymes from different organisms has a different number of prenyl units. However, the enzyme usually shows a low degree of specificity regarding the number of prenyl units. For example, the human COQ3 enzyme can restore biosynthesis of ubiquinone-6 in coq3 deletion mutants of yeast . The enzymes from yeast, Escherichia coli and rat also catalyse the methylation of 3,4-dihydroxy-5-all-trans-polyprenylbenzoate (a reaction that is classified as EC 2.1.1.114, polyprenyldihydroxybenzoate methyltransferase).
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The taxonomic range for the selected organisms is: Rattus norvegicus The expected taxonomic range for this enzyme is: Bacteria, Eukaryota, Archaea
This enzyme is involved in ubiquinone biosynthesis. Ubiquinones from different organisms have a different number of prenyl units (for example, ubiquinone-6 in Saccharomyces, ubiquinone-9 in rat and ubiquinone-10 in human), and thus the natural substrate for the enzymes from different organisms has a different number of prenyl units. However, the enzyme usually shows a low degree of specificity regarding the number of prenyl units. For example, the human COQ3 enzyme can restore biosynthesis of ubiquinone-6 in coq3 deletion mutants of yeast [3]. The enzymes from yeast, Escherichia coli and rat also catalyse the methylation of 3,4-dihydroxy-5-all-trans-polyprenylbenzoate [3] (a reaction that is classified as EC 2.1.1.114, polyprenyldihydroxybenzoate methyltransferase).
the enzyme catalyzes two methylation steps in the biosynthesis of ubiquinone-9 in Rattus norvegicus, 1. the methylation of 3,4-dihydroxy-5-all-trans-octaprenylbenzoate (this reaction is classified as EC 2.1.1.114) and 2. the methylation of 3-demethylubiquinol-9
the enzyme catalyzes two methylation steps in the biosynthesis of ubiquinone-9 in Rattus norvegicus, 1. the methylation of 3,4-dihydroxy-5-all-trans-octaprenylbenzoate (this reaction is classified as EC 2.1.1.114) and 2. the methylation of 3-demethylubiquinol-9
Cloning of a rat cDNA encoding dihydroxypolyprenylbenzoate methyltransferase by functional complementation of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant deficient in ubiquinone biosynthesis