menF
168
menaquinone-specific isochorismate synthase
locus
BSU_30830
Molecular weight
52.65 kDa
pI
4.71
function
biosynthesis of menaquinone
product
menaquinone-specific isochorismate synthase
essential
no
ec
5.4.4.2
synonyms
menF, icsM, entC
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG1169 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
3,152,302 3,153,717
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
chorismate --> isochorismate (according to UniProt)
Protein family
isochorismate synthase family (with [protein|0D4D200095AD4F9B30179B9AF500306EDA61F5D1|dhbC], according to UniProt)
Structure
[PDB|3BZM] (from ''Escherichia coli'', 33% identity, 51% similarity) [Pubmed|18453696]
[AF|P23973]
Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|8EFE4D2B07E54A0EE7D6821C9FEBFC7DC22FDE03|menF]-[gene|E3283812B7EB374EAC8722ECCE28432DE24B7B4C|menD]-[gene|74659B6794496912E139B3CF9EFF787B63729A3F|ytxM]-[gene|224584953B0BC1AF666CD69372B2D53AC56F6752|menB]-[gene|16412BAB04BBF9FD1C3653328923687874C81868|menE]-[gene|9B2F45BC37D4F356B366447A33DC95639EF484EE|menC]
description
[Pubmed|9387221,1629163,8550504]
sigma factors
[protein|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|sigA]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|8550504], in [regulon|protein:360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|sigA regulon]
additional information
A [protein|search|ncRNA] is predicted between '[protein|search|mntA]' and '[protein|search|menC]' [PubMed|20525796]
Biological materials
Mutant
BKE30830 ([gene|8EFE4D2B07E54A0EE7D6821C9FEBFC7DC22FDE03|menF]::erm trpC2) available at [http://bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE30830 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGAGACATTCCTCCATAA, downstream forward: _UP4_TCTGCATTAGGAGGTGAGAG
BKK30830 ([gene|8EFE4D2B07E54A0EE7D6821C9FEBFC7DC22FDE03|menF]::kan trpC2) available at [http://bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK30830 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGAGACATTCCTCCATAA, downstream forward: _UP4_TCTGCATTAGGAGGTGAGAG
References
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