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Site menF
- Name: menF
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2265 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Menaquinone (vitamin K2)
- Left End Point: 51.25
- Right End Point: 51.27
- Products:
isochorismate hydroxymutase, menaquinone biosyn. isozyme isochorismate synthase - Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
menF747(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG12362 EcoliWiki menF - Comment:
- Addit.Ref. :ASMGeneralMeeting1995.Abst.K-158 R.Daruwala, O.Kwon,M.Hudspet,R.Meganathan Menaquinone(Vitamin-K2) biosynthesis: see also menF, encoding alternate isochorismate synthase in Men path.
- References:
- Bentley, R., R. Meganathan 1987. Biosynthesis of the isoprenoid quinones ubiquinone and menaquinone. Escherichia coli and Salmonella, Neidhardt et al., ed., ASM:512-520
- Muller, R., C. Dahm, G. Schulte, E. Leistner 1996. An isochorismate hydroxymutase isogene in Escherichia coli. FEBS Lett. 378:131-134
- Daruwala, R., D.K. Bhattacharyya, O. Kwon, R. Meganathan 1997. Menaquinone (vitamin K2) biosynthesis: overexpression, purification, and characterization of a new isochorismate synthase from Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 179:3133-3138