ENTRY       M00933            Pathway   Module
NAME        Plastoquinone biosynthesis, homogentisate + solanesyl-PP => plastoquinol
DEFINITION  K12501 K12502
ORTHOLOGY   K12501  HST; homogentisate solanesyltransferase [EC:2.5.1.117] [RN:R08782]
            K12502  VTE3; MPBQ/MSBQ methyltransferase [EC:2.1.1.295] [RN:R10709]
CLASS       Pathway modules; Metabolism of cofactors and vitamins; Cofactor and vitamin metabolism
PATHWAY     map00130  Ubiquinone and other terpenoid-quinone biosynthesis
            map01240  Biosynthesis of cofactors
            map01100  Metabolic pathways
            map01110  Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites
REACTION    R08782  C00544 + C04145 -> C17570
            R10709  C17570 -> C16695
COMPOUND    C00544  Homogentisate
            C04145  all-trans-Nonaprenyl diphosphate
            C17570  2-Methyl-6-solanyl-1,4-benzoquinol
            C16695  Plastoquinol-9
REFERENCE   PMID:28018418
  AUTHORS   Liu M, Lu S
  TITLE     Plastoquinone and Ubiquinone in Plants: Biosynthesis, Physiological Function and Metabolic Engineering.
  JOURNAL   Front Plant Sci 7:1898 (2016)
            DOI:10.3389/fpls.2016.01898
REFERENCE   PMID:16989822
  AUTHORS   Sadre R, Gruber J, Frentzen M
  TITLE     Characterization of homogentisate prenyltransferases involved in plastoquinone-9 and tocochromanol biosynthesis.
  JOURNAL   FEBS Lett 580:5357-62 (2006)
            DOI:10.1016/j.febslet.2006.09.002
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