Identification of a novel gene cluster participating in menaquinone (vitamin K2) biosynthesis. Cloning and sequence determination of the 2- heptaprenyl-1,4-naphthoquinone methyltransferase gene of Bacillus stearothermophilus

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 272, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 12380-12383

  Koike Takeshita, Ayumi ^a   Koyama, Tanetoshi ^b   Ogura, Kyozo ^b  

^a TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARNOQUINONE; MENAQUINONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; TRANSFERASES; VITAMIN K;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MENE; OGURA;

EID: 0030992769     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.19.12380     Document Type: Article

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