Open AccessTwo cistrons of the gerC operon of Bacillus subtilis encode the two subunits of heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase
Author(s) -
Y W Zhang,
Tanetoshi Koyama,
Kyozo Ogura
Publication year - 1997
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.179.4.1417-1419.1997
Subject(s) - bacillus subtilis , operon , biology , biosynthesis , biochemistry , atp synthase , gal operon , locus (genetics) , genetics , gene , escherichia coli , bacteria
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.