Geranylgeranyl diphosphate diphosphatase

Geranylgeranyl diphosphate diphosphatase (ES 3.1.7.5, geranylgeranyl diphosphate phosphatase) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphohydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction


 * geranylgeranyl diphosphate + H2O $$\rightleftharpoons$$ geranylgeraniol + diphosphate

This enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of plaunotol.