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Dimethylallyltranstransferase

Known as: Synthetase, Geranylpyrophosphate, Geranylpyrophosphate Synthetase, Synthetase, Nerylpyrophosphate 
An enzyme that, in the pathway of cholesterol biosynthesis, catalyzes the condensation of isopentenyl pyrophosphate and dimethylallylpyrophosphate to… 
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Characterization of a novel aphid prenyltransferase displaying dual geranyl/farnesyl diphosphate synthase activity
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
A Pathway Where Polyprenyl Diphosphate Elongates in Prenyltransferase
Prenyltransferases catalyze the consecutive condensations of isopentenyl diphosphate to produce linear polyprenyl diphosphates… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Conversion of Product Specificity of Archaebacterial Geranylgeranyl-diphosphate Synthase
Prenyltransferases catalyze the consecutive condensation of isopentenyl diphosphate with allylic diphosphates to produce prenyl… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Purification of a prenyltransferase that elongates cis-polyisoprene rubber from the latex of Hevea brasiliensis.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Coordinate regulation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A synthase, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase, and prenyltransferase synthesis but not degradation in HepG2 cells.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase and prenyltransferase from tomato fruit plastids.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Substrate Binding of avian liver prenyltransferase.
Prenyltransferase (farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase) was purified from avian liver and characterized by Sephadex and sodium… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Prenyltransferase: the mechanism of the reaction.
The enzyme, prenyltransferase, which normally catalyzes the addition of an allylic pyrophosphate to isopentenyl pyrophosphate… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Prenyltransferase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Purification to homogeneity and molecular properties.
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
The characterization and stereochemistry of biosynthesis of dolichols in rat liver.
It was shown that rat liver contains a series of dolichols with chain lengths of from 17 (or possibly 16) to 21 isoprene residues… 
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