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. 2011 Apr 13;286(22):19392–19398. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.229781

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1.

Pathways for menaquinone biosynthesis in bacteria. The upper pathway shows the biosynthesis of menaquinone in E. coli. The middle pathway shows the futalosine pathway employed by S. coelicolor and T. thermophilus. The lower pathway shows the modified futalosine pathway employed by C. jejuni and H. pylori. PEP, phosphoenolpyruvate.