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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = Trans,polycis-decaprenyl diphosphate synthase
| EC_number = 2.5.1.86
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| IUBMB_EC_number = 2/5/1/86
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'''Trans,polycis-decaprenyl diphosphate synthase''' ({{EC number|2.5.1.86}}, ''Rv2361c'', ''(2Z,6Z,10Z,14Z,18Z,22Z,26Z,30Z,34E)-decaprenyl diphosphate synthase'') is an [[enzyme]] with system name ''(2Z,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate farnesylcistransferase (adding 7 isopentenyl units) ''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Decaprenyl diphosphate synthesis in ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' |author = Kaur, D., Brennan, P.J. and Crick, D.C. |journal = J. Bacteriol. |year = 2004 |volume = 186 |pages = 7564–7570 |pmid = 15516568 | doi = 10.1128/JB.186.22.7564-7570.2004 | issue = 22 | pmc = 524883}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = The structural basis of chain length control in Rv1086 |author = Wang, W., Dong, C., McNeil, M., Kaur, D., Mahapatra, S., Crick, D.C. and Naismith, J.H. |journal = J. Mol. Biol. |year = 2008 |volume = 381 |pages = 129–140 |pmid = 18597781 | doi = 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.05.060 | issue = 1 | pmc = 2527485}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = Polyprenyl phosphate biosynthesis in ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' and ''Mycobacterium smegmatis'' |author = Crick, D.C., Schulbach, M.C., Zink, E.E., Macchia, M., Barontini, S., Besra, G.S. and Brennan, P.J. |journal = J. Bacteriol. |year = 2000 |volume = 182 |pages = 5771–5778 |pmid = 11004176 | doi = 10.1128/JB.182.20.5771-5778.2000 | issue = 20 | pmc = 94699}}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

: (2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + 7 [[isopentenyl diphosphate]] <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> 7 [[diphosphate]] + trans,octacis-decaprenyl diphosphate

The enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of [[decaprenyl phosphate]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{MeshName|Trans,polycis-decaprenyl+diphosphate+synthase}}

[[Category:EC 2.5.1]]


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