Protein Variants | Comment | Organism |
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G142D | mutant accumulates 2-octaprenyl-6-methoxy-1,4-benzoquinone and demethylmenaquinone as predominant intermediates | Escherichia coli |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Escherichia coli | P0A887 | - |
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Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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6-methoxy-2-octaprenyl-1,4-benzoquinol + S-adenosyl-L-methionine | - |
Escherichia coli | 6-methoxy-3-methyl-2-octaprenyl-1,4-benzoquinol + S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine | - |
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demethylmenaquinol + S-adenosyl-L-methionine | - |
Escherichia coli | menaquinol + S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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UbiE | - |
Escherichia coli |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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physiological function | strains containing either a disruption or point mutation G142D in ubiE accumulate 2-octaprenyl-6-methoxy-1,4-benzoquinone and demethylmenaquinone as predominant intermediates. Disruption mutants show defects in growth on succinate. The UbiE polypeptide is required for the C methylation reactions in both ubiquinone and menaquinone biosynthesis | Escherichia coli |