Sandbox Reserved 1805

This Sandbox is Reserved from Mar 1 through Jun 1, 2023 for use in the course CHEM 351 Biochemistry taught by Bonnie_Hall at the Grand View University, Des Moines, USA. This reservation includes Sandbox Reserved 1796 through Sandbox Reserved 1811.

To get started: Click the edit this page tab at the top. Save the page after each step, then edit it again. show the Scene authoring tools, create a molecular scene, and save it. Copy the green link into the page. Add a description of your scene. Use the buttons above the wikitext box for bold, italics, links, headlines, etc. More help: Help:Editing

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spinqualitylabelsall models Caption for this structure Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D This is a default text for your page '. Click above on edit this page' to modify. Be careful with the < and > signs. You may include any references to papers as in: the use of JSmol in Proteopedia or to the article describing Jmol to the rescue. Function of your protein MqnA is important because it catalyzes the initial step in the biosynthesis of menaquinone via the futalosine pathway. It is bound to this ligand. Biological relevance and broader implications MqnA is important because it catalyzes the biosynthesis of menaquinone, which is an important player in the electron transport chain. According to Prasad et al. (2022), menaquinone serve as electron carriers in the electron transport chain. Although some prokaryotes utilize ubiquinone solely, mycobacteria and most gram-positive bacteria produce menaquinone exclusively, and many gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli switch from ubiquinone to menaquinone when grown under anaerobic conditions (2). In humans, menaquinone (vitamin K2) acts as a cosubstrate in the carboxylation of glutamic acids that leads to the activation of proteins essential for blood coagulation, control of cell growth, apoptosis, signal transduction, and calcium metabolism == Important amino acids== Structural highlights This is a sample scene created with SAT to color by Group, and another to make a transparent representation of the protein. You can make your own scenes on SAT starting from scratch or loading and editing one of these sample scenes.