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Two cistrons of the gerC operon of Bacillus subtilis encode the two subunits of heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 179 ·No. 4 ·1997-02-00 ·Pages 1417-9

Zhang YW, Koyama T, Ogura K

Abstract

The two proteins (GerC1 and GerC3) encoded by the gerC locus of Bacillus subtilis, which has been shown to be involved in vegetative cell growth and spore germination, were identified as dissociable heterodimers of the heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase involved in the biosynthesis of the side chain of menaquinone-7.

MeSH Terms
Alkyl and Aryl Transferases Bacillus subtilis/enzymology,genetics Dimerization Genes, Bacterial Molecular Sequence Data Operon Transferases/chemistry,genetics,metabolism Vitamin K/analogs & derivatives,biosynthesis Vitamin K 2/analogs & derivatives
Chemicals
Vitamin K 2 Vitamin K vitamin MK 7 Transferases Alkyl and Aryl Transferases trans-hexaprenyltranstransferase
Authors & Affiliations
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Zhang Y W
Institute for Chemical Reaction Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.
Koyama T
Ogura K
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.179.4.1417-1419.1997
Published
1997-02-00
Pages
1417-9
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC178846
Subset
IM
Databases
GENBANK
M80245
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1417-1419.1997 PMC Full Text View journal details
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