Undecaprenyl-phosphate glucose phosphotransferase

Undecaprenyl-phosphate glucose phosphotransferase (EC 2.7.8.31, GumD, undecaprenylphosphate glucosylphosphate transferase) is an enzyme with systematic name UDP-glucose:ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl-phosphate glucose phosphotransferase.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

UDP-glucose + ditrans, octacis-undecaprenyl phosphate UMP + alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-diphospho-ditrans, octacis-undecaprenol
Undecaprenyl-phosphate glucose phosphotransferase
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EC no.2.7.8.31
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The enzyme is involved in biosynthesis of xanthan.

References
  1. Ielpi L, Couso RO, Dankert MA (May 1993). "Sequential assembly and polymerization of the polyprenol-linked pentasaccharide repeating unit of the xanthan polysaccharide in Xanthomonas campestris". Journal of Bacteriology. 175 (9): 2490–500. PMC 204549. PMID 7683019.
  2. Katzen F, Ferreiro DU, Oddo CG, Ielmini MV, Becker A, Pühler A, Ielpi L (April 1998). "Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris gum mutants: effects on xanthan biosynthesis and plant virulence". Journal of Bacteriology. 180 (7): 1607–17. PMC 107069. PMID 9537354.
  3. Kim SY, Kim JG, Lee BM, Cho JY (February 2009). "Mutational analysis of the gum gene cluster required for xanthan biosynthesis in Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae". Biotechnology Letters. 31 (2): 265–70. doi:10.1007/s10529-008-9858-3. PMID 18854951.
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