CATH Domain 3nprA00

Level	CATH Code	Description
	1	Mainly Alpha
	1.10	Orthogonal Bundle
	1.10.600	Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase
	1.10.600.10	Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase

Superfamily	Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase
Functional Family	Dehydrosqualene synthase

2.5.1.96

4,4'-diapophytoene synthase.

based on mapping to UniProt A9JQL9

2 (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = 15-cis-4,4'-diapophytoene + 2 diphosphate.

-!- Typical of Staphylococcus aureus and some other bacteria such as Heliobacillus sp.

CRTM_STAAU

Staphylococcus aureus

4,4'-diapophytoene synthase

PDB	3NPR
External Links	PDBSum Proteopedia
Method	X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation	Mechanism of action and inhibition of dehydrosqualene synthase. Lin, F.Y., Liu, C.I., Liu, Y.L., Zhang, Y., Wang, K., Jeng, W.Y., Ko, T.P., Cao, R., Wang, A.H., Oldfield, E. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA