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Metabolite IDPAMDB000394
Identification
Name: Undecaprenyl diphosphate
Description:Undecaprenyl diphosphate belongs to the class of Polyprenyl Phosphates. These are prenol lipids in which the phosphate group is linked to one end of the polyprenol moiety. (inferred from compound structure)C55-isoprenyl pyrophosphate (undecaprenyl pyrophosphate) is an essential molecule involved in construction of the bacterial peptidoglycan cell wall. (WikiPedia)
Structure
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Synonyms:
  • Bactoprenyl pyrophosphate
  • Bactoprenyl pyrophosphoric acid
  • Di-trans,octa-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphate
  • Di-trans-poly-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphate
  • Di-trans,octa-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphate
  • Di-trans,octa-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphoric acid
  • Di-trans-poly-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphate
  • Di-trans-poly-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphoric acid
  • Diphosphate mono(3,7,11,15,19,23,27,31,35,39,43-undecamethyl-2,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34,38,42-tetratetracontaundecaenyl) ester
  • Diphosphorate mono(3,7,11,15,19,23,27,31,35,39,43-undecamethyl-2,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34,38,42-tetratetracontaundecaenyl) ester
  • Diphosphoric acid mono(3,7,11,15,19,23,27,31,35,39,43-undecamethyl-2,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34,38,42-tetratetracontaundecaenyl) ester
  • Undecaprenyl diphosphate
  • Undecaprenyl diphosphoric acid
  • Undecaprenyl pyrophosphate
  • Undecaprenyl pyrophosphate (ambiguous)
  • Undecaprenyl pyrophosphoric acid
  • Undecaprenyl pyrophosphoric acid (ambiguous)
  • Undecaprenyl-PP
  • Undecaprenyl-PP (ambiguous)
  • UndPP
  • UPP
  • UPP (ambiguous)
Chemical Formula: C55H92O7P2
Average Molecular Weight: 927.2623
Monoisotopic Molecular Weight: 926.631828322
InChI Key: NTXGVHCCXVHYCL-RDQGWRCRSA-N
InChI:InChI=1S/C55H92O7P2/c1-45(2)23-13-24-46(3)25-14-26-47(4)27-15-28-48(5)29-16-30-49(6)31-17-32-50(7)33-18-34-51(8)35-19-36-52(9)37-20-38-53(10)39-21-40-54(11)41-22-42-55(12)43-44-61-64(59,60)62-63(56,57)58/h23,25,27,29,31,33,35,37,39,41,43H,13-22,24,26,28,30,32,34,36,38,40,42,44H2,1-12H3,(H,59,60)(H2,56,57,58)/b46-25+,47-27+,48-29+,49-31+,50-33+,51-35+,52-37+,53-39+,54-41+,55-43+
CAS number: 23-13-2
IUPAC Name:{[hydroxy({[(2E,6E,10E,14E,18E,22E,26E,30E,34E,38E)-3,7,11,15,19,23,27,31,35,39,43-undecamethyltetratetraconta-2,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34,38,42-undecaen-1-yl]oxy})phosphoryl]oxy}phosphonic acid
Traditional IUPAC Name: undecaprenyl pyrophosphate
SMILES:CC(C)=CCC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\COP(O)(=O)OP(O)(O)=O
Chemical Taxonomy
Taxonomy DescriptionThis compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as bactoprenol diphosphates. These are polyprenyl compounds consisting of a diphosphate group substituted by a bactoprenyl moiety.
Kingdom Organic compounds
Super ClassLipids and lipid-like molecules
Class Prenol lipids
Sub ClassPolyprenols
Direct Parent Bactoprenol diphosphates
Alternative Parents
Substituents
  • Polyterpenoid
  • Bactoprenol diphosphate
  • Organic pyrophosphate
  • Isoprenoid phosphate
  • Monoalkyl phosphate
  • Alkyl phosphate
  • Phosphoric acid ester
  • Organic phosphoric acid derivative
  • Organic phosphate
  • Hydrocarbon derivative
  • Organooxygen compound
  • Aliphatic acyclic compound
Molecular Framework Aliphatic acyclic compounds
External Descriptors Not Available
Physical Properties
State: Not Available
Charge:-2
Melting point: Not Available
Experimental Properties:
PropertyValueSource
LogP:7.736PhysProp
Predicted Properties
PropertyValueSource
Water Solubility0.000367 mg/mLALOGPS
logP9.29ALOGPS
logP16.89ChemAxon
logS-6.4ALOGPS
pKa (Strongest Acidic)1.77ChemAxon
Physiological Charge-2ChemAxon
Hydrogen Acceptor Count5ChemAxon
Hydrogen Donor Count3ChemAxon
Polar Surface Area113.29 Å2ChemAxon
Rotatable Bond Count35ChemAxon
Refractivity287.15 m3·mol-1ChemAxon
Polarizability114.77 Å3ChemAxon
Number of Rings0ChemAxon
Bioavailability0ChemAxon
Rule of FiveYesChemAxon
Ghose FilterYesChemAxon
Veber's RuleYesChemAxon
MDDR-like RuleYesChemAxon
Biological Properties
Cellular Locations: Membrane
Reactions:
Undecaprenyl-diphospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-(N-acetylglucosamine)-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimeloyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine + two linked disacharide pentapeptide murein units (uncrosslinked, middle of chain) > Hydrogen ion + Undecaprenyl diphosphate + three linked disacharide pentapeptide murein units (uncrosslinked, middle of chain)
2 Undecaprenyl-diphospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-(N-acetylglucosamine)-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimeloyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine >2 Hydrogen ion +2 Undecaprenyl diphosphate + two linked disacharide pentapeptide murein units (uncrosslinked, middle of chain)
Water + Undecaprenyl diphosphate > Hydrogen ion + Phosphate + Undecaprenyl phosphate
(O16 antigen)x2 undecaprenyl diphosphate + O16 antigen undecaprenyl diphosphate > Hydrogen ion + (O16 antigen)x3 undecaprenyl diphosphate + Undecaprenyl diphosphate
(O16 antigen)x3 undecaprenyl diphosphate + O16 antigen undecaprenyl diphosphate > Hydrogen ion + (O16 antigen)x4 undecaprenyl diphosphate + Undecaprenyl diphosphate
2 O16 antigen undecaprenyl diphosphate > Hydrogen ion + (O16 antigen)x2 undecaprenyl diphosphate + Undecaprenyl diphosphate
(enterobacterial common antigen)x2 undecaprenyl-diphosphate + Undecaprenyl-diphospho N-acetylglucosamine-N-acetylmannosaminuronate-N-acetamido-4,6-dideoxy-D-galactose > (enterobacterial common antigen)x3 undecaprenyl-diphosphate + Hydrogen ion + Undecaprenyl diphosphate
(enterobacterial common antigen)x3 undecaprenyl-diphosphate + Undecaprenyl-diphospho N-acetylglucosamine-N-acetylmannosaminuronate-N-acetamido-4,6-dideoxy-D-galactose > (enterobacterial common antigen)x4 undecaprenyl-diphosphate + Hydrogen ion + Undecaprenyl diphosphate
2 Undecaprenyl-diphospho N-acetylglucosamine-N-acetylmannosaminuronate-N-acetamido-4,6-dideoxy-D-galactose > (enterobacterial common antigen)x2 undecaprenyl-diphosphate + Hydrogen ion + Undecaprenyl diphosphate
Farnesyl pyrophosphate + 8 Isopentenyl pyrophosphate >8 Pyrophosphate + Undecaprenyl diphosphate
core oligosaccharide lipid A + Undecaprenyl diphosphate > core oligosaccharide lipid A diphosphate + Undecaprenyl phosphate
core oligosaccharide lipid A + (enterobacterial common antigen)x4 undecaprenyl-diphosphate > (enterobacterial common antigen)x4 core oligosaccharide lipid A + Hydrogen ion + Undecaprenyl diphosphate
core oligosaccharide lipid A + (O16 antigen)x4 undecaprenyl diphosphate > Hydrogen ion + (O16 antigen)x4 core oligosaccharide lipid A + Undecaprenyl diphosphate
di-trans,poly-cis-Undecaprenyl diphosphate + Water + Undecaprenyl diphosphate <> Di-trans,poly-cis-undecaprenyl phosphate + Phosphate
Farnesyl pyrophosphate + 8 Isopentenyl pyrophosphate <> di-trans,poly-cis-Undecaprenyl diphosphate +8 Pyrophosphate + Undecaprenyl diphosphate
a peptidoglycan + <i>N</i>-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-L-lysyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine-diphosphoundecaprenyl-<i>N</i>-acetylglucosamine > Undecaprenyl diphosphate + a peptidoglycan
a peptidoglycan dimer (<I>meso</I>-diaminopimelate containing) + Water > a peptidoglycan with D,D cross-links (<I>meso</I>-diaminopimelate containing) + Undecaprenyl diphosphate + D-Alanine
N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-L-lysyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine-diphosphoundecaprenyl-N-acetylglucosamine > Hydrogen ion + a peptidoglycan dimer (<I>meso</I>-diaminopimelate containing) + Undecaprenyl diphosphate
Undecaprenyl diphosphate + Water > Hydrogen ion + Di-trans,poly-cis-undecaprenyl phosphate + Phosphate
(GlcNAc-(1->4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala))(n)-diphosphoundecaprenol + GlcNAc-(1->4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala)-diphosphoundecaprenol > (GlcNAc-(1->4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala))(n+1)-diphosphoundecaprenol + Undecaprenyl diphosphate

Pathways:
Spectra
Spectra:
Spectrum TypeDescriptionSplash Key
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Positivesplash10-0002-0100000954-8fbcdf9ba65fb4f798a4View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Positivesplash10-0002-1000000910-edce154fa23a4d389b0fView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Positivesplash10-0002-0011021910-1849ab2f92b33143879cView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Negativesplash10-004i-0400000009-a76202c14854f25f3701View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Negativesplash10-004i-9400000001-55e96da13b4d53a1bb17View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Negativesplash10-004i-9000000000-04849c4e73cca6e0f405View in MoNA
References
References:
  • Kanehisa, M., Goto, S., Sato, Y., Furumichi, M., Tanabe, M. (2012). "KEGG for integration and interpretation of large-scale molecular data sets." Nucleic Acids Res 40:D109-D114. Pubmed: 22080510
  • Keseler, I. M., Collado-Vides, J., Santos-Zavaleta, A., Peralta-Gil, M., Gama-Castro, S., Muniz-Rascado, L., Bonavides-Martinez, C., Paley, S., Krummenacker, M., Altman, T., Kaipa, P., Spaulding, A., Pacheco, J., Latendresse, M., Fulcher, C., Sarker, M., Shearer, A. G., Mackie, A., Paulsen, I., Gunsalus, R. P., Karp, P. D. (2011). "EcoCyc: a comprehensive database of Escherichia coli biology." Nucleic Acids Res 39:D583-D590. Pubmed: 21097882
  • Ogura K, Koyama T, Sagami H: Polyprenyl diphosphate synthases. Subcell Biochem. 1997;28:57-87. Pubmed: 9090291
  • van der Werf, M. J., Overkamp, K. M., Muilwijk, B., Coulier, L., Hankemeier, T. (2007). "Microbial metabolomics: toward a platform with full metabolome coverage." Anal Biochem 370:17-25. Pubmed: 17765195
Synthesis Reference: Not Available
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) Not Available
External Links:
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CHEBI ID17047
HMDB IDHMDB01469
Pubchem Compound ID5280604
Kegg IDC04574
ChemSpider ID1089
WikipediaUPP
BioCyc IDUNDECAPRENYL-DIPHOSPHATE
EcoCyc IDUNDECAPRENYL-DIPHOSPHATE

Enzymes

General function:
Involved in catalytic activity
Specific function:
Cell wall formation. Synthesis of cross-linked peptidoglycan from the lipid intermediates. The enzyme has a penicillin-insensitive transglycosylase N-terminal domain (formation of linear glycan strands) and a penicillin-sensitive transpeptidase C-terminal domain (cross-linking of the peptide subunits)
Gene Name:
mrcB
Locus Tag:
PA4700
Molecular weight:
85.5 kDa
Reactions
(GlcNAc-(1->4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala))(n)-diphosphoundecaprenol + GlcNAc-(1->4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala)-diphosphoundecaprenol = (GlcNAc-(1->4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala))(n+1)-diphosphoundecaprenol + undecaprenyl diphosphate.
General function:
Involved in penicillin binding
Specific function:
Cell wall formation. Essential for the formation of a septum of the murein sacculus. Synthesis of cross-linked peptidoglycan from the lipid intermediates
Gene Name:
ftsI
Locus Tag:
PA4418
Molecular weight:
62.9 kDa
Reactions
(GlcNAc-(1->4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala))(n)-diphosphoundecaprenol + GlcNAc-(1->4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala)-diphosphoundecaprenol = (GlcNAc-(1->4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala))(n+1)-diphosphoundecaprenol + undecaprenyl diphosphate.
General function:
Involved in transferase activity, transferring alkyl or aryl (other than methyl) groups
Specific function:
Generates undecaprenyl pyrophosphate (UPP) from isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP). UPP is the precursor of glycosyl carrier lipid in the biosynthesis of bacterial cell wall polysaccharide components such as peptidoglycan and lipopolysaccharide
Gene Name:
uppS
Locus Tag:
PA3652
Molecular weight:
28 kDa
Reactions
(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + 8 isopentenyl diphosphate = 8 diphosphate + di-trans,octa-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphate.
General function:
Involved in undecaprenyl-diphosphatase activity
Specific function:
Catalyzes the dephosphorylation of undecaprenyl diphosphate (UPP). Confers resistance to bacitracin
Gene Name:
uppP
Locus Tag:
PA1959
Molecular weight:
30.7 kDa
Reactions
Undecaprenyl diphosphate + H(2)O = undecaprenyl phosphate + phosphate.
General function:
Involved in catalytic activity
Specific function:
Cell wall formation. The enzyme has a penicillin- insensitive transglycosylase N-terminal domain (formation of linear glycan strands) and a transpeptidase C-terminal domain which may not be functional
Gene Name:
pbpC
Locus Tag:
PA2272
Molecular weight:
61.1 kDa
General function:
Involved in lipid transporter activity
Specific function:
Specific function unknown
Gene Name:
mviN
Locus Tag:
PA4562
Molecular weight:
56.1 kDa

Transporters

General function:
Involved in lipid transporter activity
Specific function:
Specific function unknown
Gene Name:
mviN
Locus Tag:
PA4562
Molecular weight:
56.1 kDa