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Site menC
- Name: menC
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2261 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Menaquinone (vitamin K2)
- Left End Point: 51.15
- Right End Point: 51.17
- Products:
o-succinylbenzoate synthase II - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
menC1 menC743(del)::kan menC792-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank L07256 EcoGene.org EG11532 EcoliWiki menC - Comment:
- References:
- Guest, J.R. 1979. Anaerobic growth of Escherichia coli K12 with fumarate as terminal electron acceptor. Genetic studies with menaquinone and fluoracetate-resistant mutants. J.Gen.Microbiol. 115:259-271
- Guest, J.R., D.J. Shaw 1981. Molecular cloning of menaquinone biosynthetic genes of Escherichia coli K12. Mol.Gen.Genet. 181:379-383
- Shaw, D.J., J.R. Guest, R. Meganathan, R. Bentley 1982. Characterization of Escherichia coli men mutants defective in conversion of o-succinylbenzoate to 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoate. J.Bacteriol. 152:1132-1137
- Shaw, D.J., E.C. Robinson, R. Meganathan, R. Bentley, J.R. Guest 1983. Recombinant plasmids containing menaquinone biosynthetic genes of Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol.Lett. 17:63-67
- Bentley, R., R. Meganathan 1987. Biosynthesis of the isoprenoid quinones ubiquinone and menaquinone. Escherichia coli and Salmonella, Neidhardt et al., ed., ASM:512-520