MenB

• Description: naphthoate synthase
  
  

Gene name	menB
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	naphthoate synthase
Function	biosynthesis of menaquinone
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Menaquinone
MW, pI	29 kDa, 5.343
Gene length, protein length	813 bp, 271 aa
Immediate neighbours	menE, ytxM
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30800

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: o-succinylbenzoyl-CoA = CoA + 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: enoyl-CoA hydratase/isomerase 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:

• UniProt: P23966

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 4.1.3.36

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: