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Site menE
- Name: menE
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2260 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Menaquinone (vitamin K2)
- Left End Point: 51.12
- Right End Point: 51.15
- Products:
o-succinylbenzoate-CoA synthase - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
menE742(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG12437 EcoliWiki menE - Comment:
- References:
- Shaw, D.J., J.R. Guest, R. Meganathan, R. Bentley 1982. Characterization of Escherichia coli men mutants defective in conversion of o-succinylbenzoate to 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoate. J.Bacteriol. 152:1132-1137
- Kwon, O., D.K. Bhattacharyya, R. Meganathan 1996. Menaquinone (vitamin K2) biosynthesis: overexpression, purification, and properties of o-succinylbenzoyl-coenzyme A synthetase from Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 178:6778-6781
- Sharma, V., M.E. Hudspeth, R. Meganathan 1996. Menaquinone (vitamin K2) biosynthesis: localization and characterization of the menE gene from Escherichia coli. Gene 168:43-8