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Site menA

• Name: menA
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b3930	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: Menaquinone (vitamin K2)
• Left End Point: 88.74
• Right End Point: 88.76
  Products:

  dimethylmenaquinone formation

  
  
• Direction: <
• Priority: 1
  2 Alleles of This Gene

  menA401

  menA789(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG11880
  EcoliWiki	menA

  
  
• Comment:
  • located between cytR and glpK
• References:
  • Suvarna, K., D. Stevenson, R. Meganathan, M.E. Hudspeth 1998. Menaquinone (vitamin K2) biosynthesis: localization and characterization of the menA gene from Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 180:2782-2787