IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 5.4.4.2

Accepted name: isochorismate synthase

Reaction: chorismate = isochorismate

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Other name(s): MenF

Systematic name: isochorismate hydroxymutase

Comments: Requires Mg2+. The reaction is reversible.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37318-53-9

References:

1. Young, I.G. and Gibson, F. Regulation of the enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid in Aerobacter aerogenes and Escherichia coli. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 177 (1969) 401-411. [PMID: 4306838]

2. van Tegelen, L.J., Moreno, P.R., Croes, A.F., Verpoorte, R. and Wullems, G.J. Purification and cDNA cloning of isochorismate synthase from elicited cell cultures of Catharanthus roseus. Plant Physiol. 119 (1999) 705-712. [PMID: 9952467]

3. Dahm, C., Müller, R., Schulte, G., Schmidt, K. and Leistner, E. The role of isochorismate hydroxymutase genes entC and menF in enterobactin and menaquinone biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1425 (1998) 377-386. [PMID: 9795253]

4. Daruwala, R., Kwon, O., Meganathan, R. and Hudspeth, M.E. A new isochorismate synthase specifically involved in menaquinone (vitamin K2) biosynthesis encoded by the menF gene. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 140 (1996) 159-163. [PMID: 8764478]

[EC 5.4.4.2 created 1972 as EC 5.4.99.6, transferred 2003 to EC 5.4.4.2]


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