Disruption of the structural gene for farnesyl diphosphate synthase in Escherichia coli

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 395-400

  Fujisaki, Shingo ^a   Takahashi, Isao ^a   Hara, Hiroshi ^b,c   Horiuchi, Kensuke ^b   Nishino, Tokuzo ^d   Nishimura, Yukinobu ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Farnesyl diphosphate; Isoprenoid; Menaquinone; Ubiquinone; Undecaprenyl phosphate

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; DIMETHYLALYL DIPHOSPHATE; FARSENYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ISOPENTYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID; MENAQUINONE; OCTAPRENYL DIPHOSPHATE; OCTAPRENYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PRENYLAMINE; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SYNTHETASE; UBIQUINONE 8; UBIQUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECAPRENYL DIPHOSPHATE; UNDECAPRENYL DIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; UNDECAPRENYL MONOPHOSPHATE; UNDECAPRENYL PHOSPHATE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; STRUCTURAL GENE; WILD TYPE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; PLASMIDS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; UBIQUINONE; VITAMIN K 2;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 18244366057     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvi049     Document Type: Article

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