InterPro domain: IPR006372

General Information

  • Identifier IPR006372
  • Description Bacteriochlorophyll/chlorophyll synthetase
  • Number of genes 133
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Abstract

These are a subfamily of a large family of polyprenyltransferases that also includes 4-hydroxybenzoate octaprenyltransferase and protoheme IX farnesyltransferase (heme O synthase). Members of this family are found exclusively in photosynthetic organisms, including a single copy in Arabidopsis thaliana(Mouse-ear cress).

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