MenF

• Description: menaquinone-specific isochorismate synthase
  
  

Gene name	menF
Synonyms	icsM, entC
Essential	no
Product	menaquinone-specific isochorismate synthase
Function	biosynthesis of menaquinone
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Phe, Tyr, Trp, Menaquinone
MW, pI	52 kDa, 4.706
Gene length, protein length	1413 bp, 471 aa
Immediate neighbours	menD, yteA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30830

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Chorismate = isochorismate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: isochorismate synthase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P23973

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 5.4.4.2

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: