Ubiquinone (coenzyme Q) biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: Identification of the ubiF gene

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-161

  Kwon, O ^a   Kotsakis, A ^a   Meganathan, R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coenzyme Q; Escherichia coli; Hydroxylation; Oxygenase; ubiF; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

2 OCTAPRENYL 3 METHYL 5 HYDROXY 6 METHOXY 1,4 BENZOQUINOL; 2 OCTAPRENYL 3 METHYL 6 METHOXY 1,4 BENZOQUINOL; BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYDROXYL GROUP; OXYGENASE; SUCCINIC ACID; UBIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROXYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UBIQUINONE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034607970     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00134-8     Document Type: Article

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