title: Studies on a new biosynthetic pathway for menaquinone.
abstract: Menaquinone is biosynthesized from chorismate via a new pathway involving 1,4-dihydroxy-6-naphthoate in Streptomyces and presumably in pathogenic bacteria Helicobacter and Campylobacter.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Applied Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan. haseto@nodai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seto
authors.forename: Yuusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jinnai
authors.forename: Tomoshige
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hiratsuka
authors.forename: Miwako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukawa
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furihata
authors.forename: Nobuya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dairi
mesh_terms: D002167:Campylobacter / Q000378:metabolism; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes / Q000737:chemistry; D002827:Chorismic Acid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000378:metabolism; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009284:Naphthols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000378:metabolism; D024482:Vitamin K 2 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D014815:Vitamins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D009284:Naphthols; D014815:Vitamins; D024482:Vitamin K 2; D002244:Carbon; D002827:Chorismic Acid; D005947:Glucose