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Site melR
- Name: melR
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b4118 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Melibiose
- Left End Point: 93.51
- Right End Point: 93.53
- Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
melR744(del)::kan melR791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11230 EcoliWiki melR - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Regulatory, in lacI: growth on raffinose. Regulatory, loss of catabolite repression: growth on melibiose + a-methylglucoside.
- References:
- Lester, B., D.M. Bonner 1957. Genetic control of raffinose utilization in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 73:544-552
- Webster, C., K. Kempsell, I.R. Booth, S.J. Busby 1987. Organization of the regulatory region of the Escherichia coli melibiose operon. Gene 59:253-263
- Caswell, R., J. Williams, A. Lyddiatt, S. Busby 1992. Overexpression, purification and characterization of the Escherichia coli MelR transcription activator protein. Biochem.J. 2):493-499
- Bourgerie, S.J., C.M. Michan, M.S. Thomas, S.J. Busby, E.I. Hyde 1997. DNA binding and DNA bending by the MelR transcription activator protein from Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Res. 25:1685-1693