InterPro domain: IPR011937

General Information

  • Identifier IPR011937
  • Description 2-carboxy-1,4-naphthoquinone phytyltransferase

Abstract

This entry represents 2-carboxy-1,4-naphthoquinone phytyltransferase from plants and cyanobacteria. It catalyses the conversion of 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoate (DHNA) to demethylphylloquinone [ 1 ].


1. Recruitment of a foreign quinone into the A(1) site of photosystem I. I. Genetic and physiological characterization of phylloquinone biosynthetic pathway mutants in Synechocystis sp. pcc 6803. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 8523-30

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