Molecular cloning, expression, and characterization of the genes encoding the two essential protein components of Micrococcus luteus B-P 26 hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase

N Shimizu; T Koyama; K Ogura

doi:10.1128/JB.180.6.1578-1581.1998

Molecular cloning, expression, and characterization of the genes encoding the two essential protein components of Micrococcus luteus B-P 26 hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase

J Bacteriol. 1998 Mar;180(6):1578-81. doi: 10.1128/JB.180.6.1578-1581.1998.

Authors

N Shimizu¹, T Koyama, K Ogura

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Chemical Reaction Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

Abstract

The structural genes encoding the two essential components A and B of hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase, which produce the precursor of the prenyl side chain of menaquinone-6, were cloned from Micrococcus luteus B-P 26.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alkyl and Aryl Transferases / genetics*
Alkyl and Aryl Transferases / metabolism*
Amino Acid Sequence
Chromosome Mapping
Cloning, Molecular
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Micrococcus luteus / enzymology*
Micrococcus luteus / genetics*
Micrococcus luteus / metabolism
Molecular Sequence Data
Plasmids
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

DNA, Bacterial
Alkyl and Aryl Transferases
trans-pentaprenyltranstransferase

Associated data

GENBANK/AB003187
GENBANK/AB003188