FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as UBIH_ECOLI, ubiH, visB. Is likely an oxygenase that introduces the hydroxyl group at carbon four of 2-octaprenyl-6-methoxyphenol resulting in the formation of 2-octaprenyl-6-methoxy-1, 4-benzoquinol. Component of the Ubi complex metabolon, which regroups five ubiquinone biosynthesis proteins (UbiE, UbiF, UbiG, UbiH and UbiI) and two accessory factors (UbiK and the lipid-binding protein UbiJ).

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uniprot
enzyme classification

ubiH

2-octaprenyl-6-methoxyphenol hydroxylase

ubiH

Molecular Synopsis