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Polyprenols are
natural long-chain
isoprenoid alcohols of the
general formula H-(C5H8)n-OH,
where n is the
number of
isoprene units. Any
prenol with more...
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formula is
greater than or
equal to five), the
polymer is
called a
polyprenol.
Polyprenols can
contain up to 100
isoprene units (n = 100)
linked end to end...
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Polyprenol reductase (EC 1.3.1.94, SRD5A3 (gene), DFG10 (gene)) is an
enzyme with
systematic name ditrans,polycis-dolichol:NADP+ 2,3-oxidoreductase. This...
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synthesize polyprenols (called bactoprenols) in
which the
terminal isoprenoid unit
attached to
oxygen remains unsaturated,
whereas in
animal polyprenols (dolichols)...
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eukaryotes and in archaea,
although similar polyprenols molecules are
found in bacteria.
Polyprenols in
bacteria do not
contain an α-saturated isoprenoid...
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leaves also
contain unique ginkgo biflavones, alkylphenols, and
polyprenols. The
older Chinese name for this
plant is 銀果,
meaning "silver fruit"...
- defects. The
presumed deficiency is
reduction of the
terminal bond of
polyprenol to dolichol, an
important step in N-glycosylation of proteins,
which in...
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Glycosyltransferases that use non-nucleotide
donors such as
dolichol or
polyprenol pyrophosphate are non-Leloir glycosyltransferases.
Mammals use only 9...
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significantly differs from the softwood, and
mainly consists of triterpenoids,
polyprenols and
other higher terpenes.
Triterpenoids commonly purified from hardwoods...
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mixture of
homologous nucleoside antibiotics that
inhibits the UDP-HexNAc:
polyprenol-P HexNAc-1-P
family of enzymes. In eukaryotes, this
includes the enzyme...
