Reaction: undecaprenyl diphosphate + H2O = undecaprenyl phosphate + phosphate
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Other name(s): C55-isoprenyl diphosphatase; C55-isoprenyl pyrophosphatase; isoprenyl pyrophosphatase
Systematic name: undecaprenyl-diphosphate phosphohydrolase
Comments: The undecaprenol involved is ditrans,octacis-undecaprenol (for definitions, click here).
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, CAS registry number: 9077-80-9
References:
1. Goldman, R. and Strominger, J.L. Purification and properties of C55-isoprenylpyrophosphate phosphatase from Micrococcus lysodeikticus. J. Biol. Chem. 247 (1972) 5116-5122. [PMID: 4341539]