MenE

• Description: o-succinylbenzoate-CoA ligase
  
  

Gene name	menE
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	o-succinylbenzoate-CoA ligase
Function	biosynthesis of menaquinone
MW, pI	54 kDa, 5.466
Gene length, protein length	1458 bp, 486 aa
Immediate neighbours	menC, menB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30790

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + 2-succinylbenzoate + CoA = AMP + diphosphate + 2-succinylbenzoyl-CoA (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: MenE type 1 subfamily (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: P23971

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 6.2.1.26

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed