Menaquinone (vitamin K2) biosynthesis: Localization and characterization of the menE gene from Escherichia coli

Gene

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-48

  Sharma, V ^a   Hudspeth, M E S ^a   Meganathan, R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1,4 dihydroxy 2 naphthoate; o succinylbenzoate; o succinylbenzoyl CoA; Spirodilactone; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MENAQUINONE; 1,4 DIHYDROXY 2 NAPHTHOIC ACID; 1,4-DIHYDROXY-2-NAPHTHOIC ACID; 2 SUCCINYLBENZOIC ACID; 2 SUCCINYLBENZOYL COENZYME A; 2-SUCCINYLBENZOYL-COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A; ARYLBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHOL DERIVATIVE; O SUCCINYLBENZOATE COA LIGASE; O-SUCCINYLBENZOATE - COA LIGASE; O-SUCCINYLBENZOIC ACID; SUCCINYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON;

ACYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTATION; NAPHTHOLS; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; PHENYLBUTYRATES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SUCCINATE-COA LIGASES; VITAMIN K;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MENE;

EID: 0029670675     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00721-0     Document Type: Article

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