Molecular cloning and catalytic activity of a membrane-bound prenyl diphosphate phosphatase from Croton stellatopilosus Ohba

► Prenyl diphosphate phosphatase (CsPDP) was cloned from Croton stellatopilosus. ► The recombinant, membrane-bound, CsPDP converted GGPP to GGOH. ► The catalytic activities of CsPDP depended on the length of the N-terminus. ► The absence of the first transmembrane region in the CsPDP protein affected the GGPP conversion to GGOH.