| Type: | Family | Name: | Hopanoid-associated phosphorylase HpnG |
| Description: | These proteins are part of the wider family of phosphorylases that typically act on nucleotide-sugar substrates. The proteins in this entry are generally encoded in the same locus as genes involved in the biosynthesis and elaboration of hopene, the cyclization product of the polyisoprenoid squalene. The gene from Zymomonas mobilisis adjacent to the genes for PhnA-E and squalene-hopene cyclase (which would be HpnF) and its association with hopene biosynthesis has been noted in the literature []. Extending the gene symbol sequence, suggests the symbol HpnG for the product of this gene. Hopanoids are known to be components of the plasma membrane and to have polar sugar head groups in Z. mobilis and other species. | Short Name: | Hopanoid-assoc_phosphoryl_HpnG |
