title: Two cistrons of the gerC operon of Bacillus subtilis encode the two subunits of heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Chemical Reaction Science, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogura
mesh_terms: D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D019281:Dimerization; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009876:Operon; D014166:Transferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000096:biosynthesis; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D024482:Vitamin K 2; D014812:Vitamin K; C062629:menaquinone 7; D014166:Transferases; D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; C024844:trans-hexaprenyltranstransferase