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Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate ammonium salt

solution, ≥95% (TLC), ~1 mg/mL in methanol: NH4OH (7:3)

Synonym(s):

GGPP, all trans-3,7,11,15-Tetramethyl-2,6,10,14-hexadecatetraenyl pyrophosphate ammonium salt

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C20H36O7P2 · xNH3
CAS Number:
6699-20-3
Molecular Weight:
450.44 (free acid basis)
MDL number:
MFCD00156114
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
PubChem Substance ID:
24895243
NACRES:
NA.77

Assay

≥95% (TLC)

form

solution

packaging

vial of 200 μg

concentration

~1 mg/mL in methanol: NH4OH (7:3)

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

C\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\COP(O)(=O)OP(O)(O)=O

InChI

1S/C20H36O7P2/c1-17(2)9-6-10-18(3)11-7-12-19(4)13-8-14-20(5)15-16-26-29(24,25)27-28(21,22)23/h9,11,13,15H,6-8,10,12,14,16H2,1-5H3,(H,24,25)(H2,21,22,23)/b18-11+,19-13+,20-15+

InChI key

OINNEUNVOZHBOX-QIRCYJPOSA-N

Application

Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate ammonium salt has been used:
  • in the preparation of 2.5X reaction buffer for Rab GGTase assay
  • to add to the culture to further drive Hmg2 degradation
  • as a substrate to carryout in vitro enzymatic assays for the characterization of the prenyltransferases
  • to reverse the action of lovastatin and also used to examine the potential role of GGPP in the study to assess the effects of exposing the melanoma cell lines in the angiogenesis model as a co-culture to lovastatin in vitro

Biochem/physiol Actions

Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) is a major enzyme that participates in the secondary metabolism of chloroplast. GGPP synthase plays a key role in the biosynthesis of terpenoid. Protein geranylgeranylation, mediated by geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate participates in the development of the ventricular chamber. It also serves as a stage-specific signal to modulate the formation of cardiac cytoarchitecture the time of mid-gestation.
Isoprenoid from the intracellular mevalonate pathway used for prenylation of several low molecular weight G proteins, including Ras. Intermediate in terpene biosynthesis.

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Dermal - Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Flam. Liq. 2 - STOT SE 1

Target Organs

Eyes

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

51.8 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

11 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Konstantinos Vavitsas et al.
Microbial cell factories, 16(1), 140-140 (2017-08-16)
There are an increasing number of studies regarding genetic manipulation of cyanobacteria to produce commercially interesting compounds. The majority of these works study the expression and optimization of a selected heterologous pathway, largely ignoring the wholeness and complexity of cellular
Christopher I Keeling et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(47), 18838-18843 (2013-10-30)
The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) is the most destructive pest of western North American pine forests. Adult males produce frontalin, an eight-carbon antiaggregation pheromone, via the mevalonate pathway, as part of several pheromones that initiate and modulate the
Irakli Loladze et al.
Molecular nutrition & food research, 63(15), e1801047-e1801047 (2019-06-30)
Plant and human tissues (e.g., leaves, retina) share the need for carotenoids to protect against light-induced and other oxidative stresses. While plants synthesize carotenoids de novo, humans must obtain them primarily through plant-based foods. In plants, elevated levels of atmospheric
Prenylation assays for small GTPases
Transmembrane signaling protocols, 251-260 (1998)
Introduction of the archaebacterial geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase gene into Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast
Fukusaki E I, et al.
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 95(3), 283-287 (2003)
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