Menaquinone biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: Identification of 2-succinyl-5-enolpyruvyl-6-hydroxy-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylate as a novel intermediate and re-evaluation of MenD activity

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 38, 2007, Pages 10979-10989

  Jiang, Ming ^a   Cao, Yang ^a   Guo, Zu Feng ^a   Chen, Minjiao ^a   Chen, Xiaolei ^a   Guo, Zhihong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMICAL INSTABILITY; ELECTRON CARRIER; ULTRAVIOLET TRANSPARENCY;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHARGE CARRIERS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; RATE CONSTANTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

2 SUCCINYL 5 ENOYLPYRUVYL 6 HYDROXYL 3 CYCLOHEXENE 1 CARBOXYLATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MENAQUINONE; PYRUVIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CATALYSIS; CHORISMIC ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CYCLOHEXENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KETO ACIDS; OXO-ACID-LYASES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SALICYLIC ACIDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUCCINATES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VITAMIN K 2;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34648813427     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi700810x     Document Type: Article

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