Site ubiG
- Name: ubiG
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2232 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Ubiquinone
- Left End Point: 50.39
- Right End Point: 50.40
- Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
ubiG785(del)::kan ubiG794-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11143 EcoliWiki ubiG - Comment:
- Product converts 1-octaprenyl-3-methyl-5-hydroxy-6-methoxy-1,4-benzoquinone to ubiquinone 8
- References:
- Platz, A., B.-M. Sjoberg 1980. Construction and characterization of hybrid plasmids containing the Escherichia coli region. J.Bacteriol. 143:561-568
- Gibert, I., M. Llagostera, J. Barbe' 1988. Regulation of ubiG gene expression in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 170:1346-1349
- Hsu, A.Y., W.W. Poon, J.A. Shepherd, D.C. Myles, C.F. Clarke 1996. Complementation of coq3 mutant yeast by mitochondrial targeting of the Escherichia coli UbiG polypeptide: evidence that UbiG catalyzes both O-methylation steps in ubiquinone biosynthesi