MenF

• Description: menaquinone-specific isochorismate synthase
  
  

Gene name	menF
Synonyms	icsM, entC
Essential	no
Product	menaquinone-specific isochorismate synthase
Function	biosynthesis of menaquinone
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: menF
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
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

biosynthesis of cofactors

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: 3BZM (from Escherichia coli, 33% identity, 51% similarity) PubMed

• UniProt: P23973

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 5.4.4.2

Expression and regulation

• Operon: menF-menD-ytxM-menB-menE-menC PubMed

• Expression browser: menF PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA: PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: