Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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gene SlSPS, recombinant expression in Escherichia coli. In planta, constitutive overexpression of SlSPS elevates the plastoquinone content of immature tobacco leaves | Solanum lycopersicum |
Protein Variants | Comment | Organism |
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additional information | virus-induced gene silencing. The gene SlSPS is not able to complement silencing of gene SlDPS, encoding a decaprenyl diphosphate synthase, EC 2.5.1.86 | Solanum lycopersicum |
Localization | Comment | Organism | GeneOntology No. | Textmining |
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chloroplast | - |
Solanum lycopersicum | 9507 | - |
additional information | solanesyl diphosphate synthase is targeted to the plastid and both solanesol and plastoquinone are associated with thylakoid membranes | Solanum lycopersicum | - |
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Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Solanum lycopersicum | - |
gene SlSPS | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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geranylgeranyl diphosphate + 5 isopentenyl diphosphate | enzyme SlSPS extends the prenyl chain length of the endogenous ubiquinone to nine isoprene units | Solanum lycopersicum | 5 diphosphate + all-trans-nonaprenyl diphosphate | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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long-chain prenyl diphosphate synthase | - |
Solanum lycopersicum |
SlSPS | - |
Solanum lycopersicum |
solanesyl diphosphate synthase | - |
Solanum lycopersicum |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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malfunction | plants silenced for SlSPS are photobleached and accumulate phytoene | Solanum lycopersicum |
metabolism | requirement for two long-chain prenyl diphosphate synthases in the tomato, i.e. SlSPS and SlDPS, a decaprenyl diphosphate synthase, EC 2.5.1.86 | Solanum lycopersicum |
physiological function | enzyme SlSPS is necessary for normal chloroplast structure and function | Solanum lycopersicum |