OsPPT1

• Symbol: OsPPT1
• MSU: LOC_Os08g23320
• RAPdb: Os08g0322600

• Functional characterization of OsPPT1, which encodes p-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase involved in ubiquinone biosynthesis in Oryza sativa, 2006, Plant Cell Physiol.

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• A yeast complementation study revealed that OsPPT1a expression successfully recovered the growth defect of the coq2 mutant
• The deduced amino acid sequence of OsPPT1a contained a putative mitochondrial sorting signal at the N-terminus and conserved domains for putative substrate-binding sites typical of PPT protein family members
• The subcellular localization of OsPPT1a protein was shown to be mainly in mitochondria based on studies using a green fluorescent protein-PPT fusion