Term Name: prenyl diphosphate synthase activity
Synonyms: IPPS activity, isoprenyl pyrophosphate synthase activity
Definition: Catalysis of chain elongation of prenyl diphosphate substrates via one or more condensation reactions with isopentenyl diphosphate to generate linear polymers with defined chain lengths.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0120531]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: prenyltransferase activity
has subtype: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate synthase activity (2Z,6Z)-farnesyl diphosphate synthase activity all-trans-decaprenyl-diphosphate synthase activity all-trans-nonaprenyl-diphosphate synthase (geranyl-diphosphate specific) activity all-trans-nonaprenyl-diphosphate synthase (geranylgeranyl-diphosphate specific) activity all-trans-octaprenyl-diphosphate synthase activity dimethylallylcistransferase activity dimethylallyltranstransferase activity ditrans,polycis-polyprenyl diphosphate synthase [(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate specific] activity geranylfarnesyl diphosphate synthase activity geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase activity heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase activity hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase (geranylgeranyl-diphosphate specific) activity hexaprenyl-diphosphate synthase ((2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate specific) activity rubber cis-polyprenylcistransferase activity