menaquinone biosynthesis decarboxylase, SCO4490 family
Members of this protein family are putative decarboxylases involved in a late stage of the alternative pathway for menaquinone, via futalosine, as in Streptomyces coelicolor and Helicobacter pylori. [Biosynthesis of cofactors, prosthetic groups, and carriers, Menaquinone and ubiquinone]