NCBI Accession #
NP_186927.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_111146.4
NCBI Official Full Name
isopentenyl pyrophosphate:dimethylallyl pyrophosphate isomerase 2
NCBI Official Symbol
IPP2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHE ISOMERASE 2; F13E7.28; F13E7_28; IDI2; IPIAT1; isopentenyl pyrophosphate:dimethylallyl pyrophosphate isomerase 2; ISOPENTENYL PYROPHOSPHATE:DIMETHYLLALLYL PYROPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE
NCBI Protein Information
isopentenyl pyrophosphate:dimethylallyl pyrophosphate isomerase 2
NCBI Summary
Encodes a protein with isopentenyl diphosphate:dimethylallyl diphosphate isomerase activity. There is genetic evidence that it functions in the mevalonate, but not the MEP biosynthetic pathway.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
IPP isomerase II
UniProt Protein Name
Isopentenyl-diphosphate Delta-isomerase II, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase II; IPP isomerase II
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q42553
UniProt Related Accession #
Q42553
UniProt Comments
Catalyzes the 1,3-allylic rearrangement of the homoallylic substrate isopentenyl (IPP) to its highly electrophilic allylic isomer, dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP).