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Site betT

• Name: betT
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b0314	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: Betaine
• Left End Point: 7.09
• Right End Point: 7.13
• Direction: >
• Properties:

  Property	Comment
  transport gene	hi-affinity transport for choline, proton-motive-force-driven

  
  
• Priority: 1
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  betT756(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG10112
  EcoliWiki	betT

  
  
• Comment:
  • High-affinity choline transport
• References:
  • Andresen, P.A., I. Kaasen, O.B. Styrvold, G. Boulnois, A.R. Strom 1988. Molecular cloning, physical mapping and expression of the bet genes governing the osmoregulatory choline-glycine betaine pathway of Escherichia coli. J.Gen.Microbiol. 134:1737-1746
  
  
  • Lamark, T., I. Kaasen, M.W. Eshoo, P. Falkenberg, J. McDougall, A.R. Strom 1991. DNA sequence and analysis of the bet genes encoding the osmoregulatory choline-glycine betaine pathway of Escherichia coli. Mol.Microbiol. 5:1049-1064