title: The putative fabJ gene of Escherichia coli fatty acid synthesis is the fabF gene.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Magnuson
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Carey
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cronan
mesh_terms: D015099:3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Synthase / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D015099:3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Synthase