Gene Review:
COQ2 - 4-hydroxybenzoate octaprenyltransferase
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288c
Synonyms:
4-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase, mitochondrial, N3419, PHB:polyprenyltransferase, Para-hydroxybenzoate--polyprenyltransferase, YNR041C
- The 92-min region of the Escherichia coli chromosome: location and cloning of the ubiA and alr genes. Lilley, P.E., Stamford, N.P., Vasudevan, S.G., Dixon, N.E. Gene (1993)
- Geranyl diphosphate:4-hydroxybenzoate geranyltransferase from Lithospermum erythrorhizon. Cloning and characterization of a ket enzyme in shikonin biosynthesis. Yazaki, K., Kunihisa, M., Fujisaki, T., Sato, F. J. Biol. Chem. (2002)
- COQ2 is a candidate for the structural gene encoding para-hydroxybenzoate:polyprenyltransferase. Ashby, M.N., Kutsunai, S.Y., Ackerman, S., Tzagoloff, A., Edwards, P.A. J. Biol. Chem. (1992)
- Elucidation of the deficiency in two yeast coenzyme Q mutants. Characterization of the structural gene encoding hexaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase. Ashby, M.N., Edwards, P.A. J. Biol. Chem. (1990)
- Functional characterization of OsPPT1, which encodes p-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase involved in ubiquinone biosynthesis in Oryza sativa. Ohara, K., Yamamoto, K., Hamamoto, M., Sasaki, K., Yazaki, K. Plant Cell Physiol. (2006)
- Evidence that Escherichia coli ubiA product is a functional homolog of yeast COQ2, and the regulation of ubiA gene expression. Suzuki, K., Ueda, M., Yuasa, M., Nakagawa, T., Kawamukai, M., Matsuda, H. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. (1994)
- Engineering of ubiquinone biosynthesis using the yeast coq2 gene confers oxidative stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco. Ohara, K., Kokado, Y., Yamamoto, H., Sato, F., Yazaki, K. Plant J. (2004)