NCBI Accession #
NP_177587.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_106107.2
NCBI Official Full Name
geranylgeranyl diphosphate reductase
NCBI Official Symbol
AT1G74470
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
F1M20.15; F1M20_15; GERANYLGERANYL REDUCTASE
NCBI Protein Information
geranylgeranyl diphosphate reductase
NCBI Summary
Encodes for a multifunctional protein with geranylgeranyl reductase activity shown to catalyze the reduction of prenylated geranylgeranyl-chlorophyll a to phytyl-chlorophyll a (chlorophyll a) and free geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate to phytyl pyrophosphate.
UniProt Protein Name
Geranylgeranyl diphosphate reductase, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Geranylgeranyl reductase
UniProt Entry Name
CHLP_ARATH
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9CA67
UniProt Secondary Accession #
O49594; Q56YY5; Q8H170; B9DHM2
UniProt Related Accession #
AAG11076
UniProt Comments
Catalyzes the reduction of geranylgeranyl diphosphate to phytyl diphosphate, providing phytol for both tocopherol and chlorophyll synthesis.