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menC  -  O-succinylbenzoyl-CoA synthase

Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655

Synonyms: ECK2255, JW2256
 
 
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References

  1. Menaquinone (vitamin K2) biosynthesis: cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of the menC gene from Escherichia coli. Sharma, V., Meganathan, R., Hudspeth, M.E. J. Bacteriol. (1993) [Pubmed]
  2. Evolution of enzymatic activity in the enolase superfamily: structure of o-succinylbenzoate synthase from Escherichia coli in complex with Mg2+ and o-succinylbenzoate. Thompson, T.B., Garrett, J.B., Taylor, E.A., Meganathan, R., Gerlt, J.A., Rayment, I. Biochemistry (2000) [Pubmed]
  3. Unexpected divergence of enzyme function and sequence: "N-acylamino acid racemase" is o-succinylbenzoate synthase. Palmer, D.R., Garrett, J.B., Sharma, V., Meganathan, R., Babbitt, P.C., Gerlt, J.A. Biochemistry (1999) [Pubmed]
 
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