Protein
Mevalonate-3-phosphate 5-kinase
Organism
Thermoplasma acidophilum (strain ATCC 25905 / DSM 1728 / JCM 9062 / NBRC 15155 / AMRC-C165)
Function
Phosphorylates mevalonate 3-phosphate to form mevalonate 3,5-bisphosphate. Functions in an alternative mevalonate pathway, only present in extreme acidophiles of the Thermoplasmatales order, which passes through mevalonate 3-phosphate rather than mevalonate 5-phosphate.
Sequence
MNSRIMFIGGVPGVGKTSISGYIARNTDIDIVLSSDYLREFLRPFAPQESHLETSVYDAWKFYGDMSDDNIIRGYLDQARPIMGGINRVIARALANGEDLIIESLYFVPDMMDEMVLKNAFLAYVYIDDPDLHRSRLEDRINYTHRNSPGSRLAAHLKEYRTIMDYSMDMARGRGIGLYSTDDYALARQRLLDDFRKFVDRR