Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol.130, No.17, 5614-5614, 2008
Studies on a new biosynthetic pathway for menaquinone
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.