NCBI Accession #
NP_173148.2
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_101565.6
NCBI Official Full Name
solanesyl diphosphate synthase 2
NCBI Official Symbol
SPS2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
AtSPS2; F20D23.25; F20D23_25; solanesyl diphosphate synthase 2
NCBI Protein Information
solanesyl diphosphate synthase 2
NCBI Summary
Encodes one of the two paralogous solanesyl diphosphate synthases - SPS1 (At1g78510) and SPS2 (At1g17050) - that assemble the side-chain of plastoquinone-9 in plastids.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
SPPS; AtSPS2
UniProt Protein Name
Solanesyl diphosphate synthase 2, chloroplastic
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
All-trans-nonaprenyl-diphosphate synthase 2 (geranylgeranyl-diphosphate specific)
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q76FS5
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q84LG1; Q9SHG4
UniProt Related Accession #
Q76FS5
UniProt Comments
Involved in providing solanesyl diphosphate for plastoquinone-9 formation. Prefers geranylgeranyl diphosphate to farnesyl diphosphate as substrate. No activity with geranyl diphosphate or dimethylallyl diphosphate as substrate.