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

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2782-2787

  Suvarna, K ^a   Stevenson, D ^a   Meganathan, R ^a   Hudspeth, M E S ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FARNOQUINONE; MENAQUINONE; 1,4 DIHYDROXY 2 NAPHTHOIC ACID; 1,4-DIHYDROXY-2-NAPHTHOIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBENZOATE POLYPRENYLTRANSFERASE; 4-HYDROXYBENZOATE POLYPRENYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MENA PROTEIN, E COLI; NAPHTHOL DERIVATIVE; TRANSFERASE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VITAMIN METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MENA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAPHTHOLS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VITAMIN K;

EID: 0031596770     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.10.2782-2787.1998     Document Type: Article

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