MeSH note : an essential that controls stringent response; involved in penicillin tolerance; regulates
activity of ppGpp synthetase (RelA); also involved in the nonmevalonate (DOXP) pathway;
amino acid sequence in first source; do not confuse with LytB protein from Streptococcus
pneumoniae which is a murein hydrolase; converts 1-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-(E)-butenyl
4-diphosphate intoisopentenyl diphosphate plus dimethylallyl diphosphate;
MeSH synonym : yaaE protein, E coli; 1-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-(E)-butenyl 4-diphosphate reductase, E coli;