Isopentenyl phosphate kinase

Isopentenyl phosphate kinase is an enzyme with systematic name ATP:isopentenyl phosphate phosphotransferase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction


 * ATP + isopentenyl phosphate $$\rightleftharpoons$$ ADP + isopentenyl diphosphate

This enzyme takes part in the mevalonate pathway in Archaea.