Menaquinone (vitamin K2) biosynthesis: Overexpression, purification, and properties of o-succinylbenzoyl-coenzyme A synthetase from Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6778-6781

  Kwon, O ^a   Bhattacharyya, Dipak K ^a   Meganathan, R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FARNOQUINONE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; MAGNESIUM ION; MENAQUINONE; METAL ION; SUCCINYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; CATION; MAGNESIUM; O SUCCINYLBENZOATE COA LIGASE; O-SUCCINYLBENZOATE - COA LIGASE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PH; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

BENZOATES; CATIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUCCINATE-COA LIGASES; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VITAMIN K;

EID: 0029657934     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.23.6778-6781.1996     Document Type: Article

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