Open AccessThe putative fabJ gene of Escherichia coli fatty acid synthesis is the fabF gene
Author(s) -
Kelly S. Magnuson,
Merriann Rawlings Carey,
John E. Cronan
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.177.12.3593-3595.1995
Subject(s) - biology , gene , acyl carrier protein , escherichia coli , microbiology and biotechnology , atp synthase , nucleic acid sequence , genetics , biochemistry
Siggaard-Andersen and coworkers (M. Siggaard-Andersen, M. Wissenbach, J. Chuck, I. Svendsen, J. G. Olsen, and P. von Wettstein-Knowles, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91:11027-11031, 1994) recently reported the DNA sequence of a gene encoding a beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase from Escherichia coli. These workers assigned this gene the designation fabJ and reported that the gene encoded a new beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase. We report that the fabJ gene is the previously reported fabF gene that encodes the known beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase II.