AmiGO 2: Term Details for "squalene synthase activity" (GO:0051996)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0051996
Name: squalene synthase activity
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: squalene synthetase activity
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Catalysis of the reaction: presqualene diphosphate + NADPH = squalene + NADP+ + diphosphate. Source: EC:2.5.1.21
Comment: Note that the two reactions performed by EC:2.5.1.21 are represented in GO by 'farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase activity ; GO:0004310' and 'squalene synthase activity ; GO:0051996'.
History: See term history for GO:0051996 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to squalene synthase activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to squalene synthase activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for squalene synthase activity (excluding "regulates").

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GO:0003674 molecular_function
GO:0003824 catalytic activity
GO:0016740 transferase activity
GO:0016765 transferase activity, transferring alkyl or aryl (other than methyl) groups
GO:0004659 prenyltransferase activity
GO:0051996 squalene synthase activity

Parents of squalene synthase activity (GO:0051996)

subject	relation	object
squalene synthase activity	is_a	prenyltransferase activity (GO:0004659)

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EC: 2.5.1.21
MetaCyc: RXN66-281