menA 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoate octaprenyltransferase [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655] - Gene

Summary

Gene symbol: menA
Gene description: 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoate octaprenyltransferase
Primary source: ASAP:ABE-0012841
Locus tag: b3930
See related: ECOCYC:EG11880
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: PROVISIONAL
Organism: Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 (strain: K-12, substrain: MG1655)
Lineage: Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia
Also known as: ECK3922; yiiW
Summary: 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoate octaprenyltransferase catalyzes the transfer of an octaprenyl side chain to DHNA, the reaction in menaquinone biosynthesis where the pathway becomes associated with the membrane . [More information is available at EcoCyc: EG11880].
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Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoate octaprenyltransferase activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoate octaprenyltransferase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables magnesium ion binding	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables prenyltransferase activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables transferase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in menaquinone biosynthetic process	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in menaquinone biosynthetic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within menaquinone biosynthetic process	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in quinone biosynthetic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in ubiquinone biosynthetic process via 3,4-dihydroxy-5-polyprenylbenzoate	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in vitamin K biosynthetic process	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in membrane	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in plasma membrane	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in plasma membrane	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in plasma membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

NP_418365.1

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