Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Escherichia coli | - |
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Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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3-octaprenyl-4-hydroxybenzoate | - |
Escherichia coli | 2-octaprenylphenol + CO2 | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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ubiX | - |
Escherichia coli |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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malfunction | the Escherichia coli ubiX null mutant accumulates 4-hydroxy-3-octaprenylbenzoic acid, a coenzyme Q8 precursor, and shows decreased UbiG O-methyltransferase activity | Escherichia coli |
metabolism | the enzyme is involved in the decarboxylation step in coenzyme Q biosynthesis | Escherichia coli |
physiological function | the enzyme is required for production of coenzyme Q8 and growth on succinate media | Escherichia coli |