Decaprenyl-phosphate phosphoribosyltransferase

UniProtKB accession:  P9WFR5

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UniProtKB description:  Involved in the biosynthesis of decaprenylphosphoryl arabinose (DPA) a precursor for arabinan synthesis in mycobacterial cell wall biosynthesis. Catalyzes the transfer of a 5-phosphoribosyl residue from phosphoribose diphosphate (pRpp) to decaprenyl phosphate (DP) to form decaprenylphosphoryl-5-phosphoribose (DPPR). The enzyme favors polyprenyl phosphate with 50-60 carbon atoms uses C-75 polyprenyl phosphate less efficiently than C-50 or C-60.