title: Molecular analysis of cis-prenyl chain elongating enzymes.
abstract: Recent isolation of the gene for an undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase has disclosed the structures of many kinds of cis-prenyl chain elongating enzymes. Not only the primary structure but also the crystal structure of the cis-prenyltransferase is totally different from those of trans-prenyl chain elongating enzymes. This review covers up to February 2002 and contains 72 references.
authors.affiliation: Institute Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
authors.forename: Yugesh
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kharel
authors.forename: Tanetoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koyama
mesh_terms: D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014166:Transferases / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001685:Biological Factors; D014166:Transferases; D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; C106821:cis-prenyl transferase; C023266:undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase