Site menB
- Name: menB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2262 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Menaquinone (vitamin K2)
- Left End Point: 51.17
- Right End Point: 51.19
- Products:
1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoate synthase - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
menB744(del)::kan menB791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11368 EcoliWiki menB - Comment:
- References:
- Guest, J.R. 1979. Anaerobic growth of Escherichia coli K12 with fumarate as terminal electron acceptor. Genetic studies with menaquinone and fluoracetate-resistant mutants. J.Gen.Microbiol. 115:259-271
- Guest, J.R., D.J. Shaw 1981. Molecular cloning of menaquinone biosynthetic genes of Escherichia coli K12. Mol.Gen.Genet. 181:379-383
- 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
- Shaw, D.J., E.C. Robinson, R. Meganathan, R. Bentley, J.R. Guest 1983. Recombinant plasmids containing menaquinone biosynthetic genes of Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol.Lett. 17:63-67
- Sharma, V., K. Suvarna, R. Meganathan, M.E. Hudspeth 1992. Menaquinone (vitamin K2) biosynthesis: nucleotide sequence and expression of the menB gene from Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 174:5057-62