In mammals, polyprenol pyrophosphate (pPPP) requires dephosphorylation to polyprenol (pPNOL), which can then be reduced. Although pPPP phosphatase activity has been reported (Wolf et al. 1991), no pPPP phosphatase enzyme has yet been identified (Schenk et al. 2001).
Schenk, B, Waechter, CJ, Fernandez, F
Rush, JS, Wolf, MJ, Waechter, CJ
phosphatase activity of pPPP phosphatase [endoplasmic reticulum membrane]
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