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Site ubiF

• Name: ubiF
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b0662	MG1655 locus tag
  yleB

  
  
• Mnemonic: Ubiquinone
• Left End Point: 14.85
• Right End Point: 14.87
• Direction: <
• Priority: 1
  3 Alleles of This Gene

  ubiF411

  ubiF722(del)::kan

  ubiF793-YFP(::cat)

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG13658
  EcoliWiki	ubiF

  
  
• Comment:
  • Product converts 2-octaprenyl-3-methyl-6-methoxy-1, 4-benzoquinone to 2-octaprenyl-3-methyl-5-hydroxy-6-methoxy-1, 4-benzoquinone
• References:
  • Collis, C.M., G.W. Grigg 1989. An Escherichia coli mutant resistant to phleomycin, bleomycin, and heat inactivation is defective in ubiquinone synthesis. J.Bacteriol. 171:4792-4798