Reaction: trans,octacis-decaprenyl phosphate + 5-phospho-α-D-ribose 1-diphosphate = trans,octacis-decaprenylphospho-β-D-ribofuranose 5-phosphate + diphosphate
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Other name(s): 5-phospho-α-D-ribose-1-diphosphate:decaprenyl-phosphate 5-phosphoribosyltransferase; 5-phospho-α-D-ribose 1-pyrophosphate:decaprenyl phosphate 5-phosphoribosyltransferase; DPPR synthase; Rv3806
Systematic name: trans,octacis-decaprenylphospho-β-D-ribofuranose 5-phosphate:diphosphate phospho-α-D-ribosyltransferase
Comments: Requires Mg2+. Isolated from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Has some activity with other polyprenyl phosphates.
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References:
1. Huang, H., Scherman, M.S., D'Haeze, W., Vereecke, D., Holsters, M., Crick, D.C. and McNeil, M.R. Identification and active expression of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene encoding 5-phospho-α-D-ribose-1-diphosphate: decaprenyl-phosphate 5-phosphoribosyltransferase, the first enzyme committed to decaprenylphosphoryl-D-arabinose synthesis. J. Biol. Chem. 280 (2005) 24539-24543. [PMID: 15878857]