Site argE
- Name: argE
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
Arg4 argA b3957 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Arginine
- Left End Point: 89.48
- Right End Point: 89.51
- Products:
acetylornithine deacetylase ornithine acetyltransferase - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment auxotrophy-amino acid NULL - Priority: 1
- 6 Alleles of This Gene
argE25 argE3(Oc) argE54 argE744(del)::kan argE792-YFP(::cat) argE86::Tn10 - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank X62807 EcoGene.org EG11286 EcoliWiki argE - Comment:
- Selectable Pheno. Constitutive, in his-: growth on ornithine + N-acetylhistidine. Loss, in argR^c: acetylnorvaline resistance.
- References:
- Kelker, N.E., W.K. Maas 1974. Selection for genetically respressible (Arg R+) strains of Escherichia coli K12 from genetically derepressed (Arg R-) mutants using acetylnorvaline. Mol.Gen.Genet. 131:131-136
- Baumberg, S. 1976. Genetic control of arginine metabolism in prokaryotes. In K.D. MacDonald, ed., Academic Press, London. Second Intl.Symp.Genet.Indust.Microorganisms 1:369-389
- Moran, M.C., A.J. Mazaitis, R.H. Vogel, A.D. David 1979. Clustered arg genes on a Bam HI segment of the Escherichia coli chromosome. Gene 8:25-34
- Crabeel, M., D. Charlier, R. Cunin, N. Glansdorff 1979. Cloning and endonuclease restriction analysis of argF and of the control region of the argECBH biopolar operon in Escherichia coli. Gene 5:207-231
- Beny, G., A. Boyen, D. Charlier, W. Lissens, A. Feller, N. Glansdorff 1982. Promoter mapping and selection of operator mutants by using insertion of bacteriophage Mu in the argECBH divergent operon of Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 151:62-67
- Piette, J., R. Cunin, A. Boyen, D. Charlier, M. Crabeel, F. Van Vliet, N. Glansdorff, C. Squires, C.L. Squires 1982. The regulatory region of the divergent argECBH operon in Escherichia coli K-12. Nucleic Acids Res. 10:8031-8048