The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase across different species:

farnesyl diphosphate synthase (farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase, dimethylallyltranstransferase, geranyltranstransferase) (FDPS), Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase (Fpps), farnesyl diphosphate synthase (farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase, dimethylallyltranstransferase, geranyltranstransferase) (Fdps), farnesyl diphosphate synthetase (Fdps), farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase1 (fps1), farnesyl diphosphate synthase (fdps), farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase (MGG_08649), farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase (TP03_0857), farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase (Tb09.160.4300), farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase (NCU01175), farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase (BBOV_I000120), FDP synthase (fps), Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase (fpps)

Other aliases include:

FPS, FPPS, fpps, l(2)k06103, v(2)k03514, DmelCG12389, CG12389, Ac2-125, Fdpsl1, AI256750, MGC107162, mKIAA1293, 6030492I17Rik, FDPS, MGC134236, fps, MGC108224, MGC131256, 16.m00760

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase:

farnesyl diphosphate synthase – FPP synthetase – geranyltranstransferase – dimethylallyltranstransferase – farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase – farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase – CG12389-PA – Fpps-PA – FPS – CR 39 – FPP synthase – Farnesyldiphosphate synthase – farensyl diphosphate synthase – farnesyl diphosphate synthetase – cholesterol-regulated 39 kDa protein – testis-specific farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase – FPPS – gpm430b – QBB18h08 – PCO074380 – PCO074380b – PCO074380_ov – gnp_QBB18h08b – PCO074380(592) – prenyltransferase – geranylgeranyl-diphosphate synthase – farnesyl diphosphate synthase (farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase, dimethylallyltranstransferase, geranyltranstransferase) – FDP synthase – Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase

Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase fulfills a number of functions:

dimethylallyltranstransferase activity – geranyltranstransferase activity – transferase activity – farnesyltranstransferase activity – metal ion binding – molecular_function – trans-hexaprenyltranstransferase activity

Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase is relevant to the following processes:

cholesterol biosynthetic process – interspecies interaction between organisms – isoprenoid biosynthetic process – farnesyl diphosphate biosynthetic process – germ cell migration – cellular response to fatty acid – male gonad development – positive regulation of cell growth involved in cardiac muscle cell development – positive regulation of cholesterol biosynthetic process – response to cholesterol – response to drug – response to peptide hormone stimulus – response to testosterone stimulus – spermatogenesis – lipid biosynthetic process – steroid biosynthetic process – sterol biosynthetic process – ubiquinone metabolic process

Locations for Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase:

cytoplasm – mitochondrial matrix – mitochondrion – nucleolus – nucleus – peroxisome – soluble fraction – cellular_component – cytosol

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology