Site mukB
- Name: mukB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0924 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: mukaku (anucleate)
- Left End Point: 21.03
- Right End Point: 21.12
- Products:
chromosome condensation protein - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment encodes NA-binding protein NULL affects cell division/growth required for chrs. partitioning - Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
mukB791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10618 EcoliWiki mukB - Comment:
- kinesin-like protein? mutants produce anucleate cells and are ts for colony formation.
- References:
- Niki, H., A. Jaffe, N. Imamura, T. Ogura, S. Hiraga 1991. The new gene mukB codes for a 177 kd protein with coiled-coil domains involved in chromosome partitioning of E. coli. EMBO J. 10:183-193
- Ezaki, B, T Ogura, H Niki, S Hiraga 1991. Partitioning of a mini-F plasmid into anucleate cells of the mukB null mutant. J. Bacteriol. 173(20):6643-6.
- Hiraga, S., H. Niki, R. Imamura, T. Ogura, K. Yamanaka, J. Feng, B. Ezaki, A. Jaffe 1991. Mutants defective in chromosome partitioning in E. coli. Res.Microbiol. 142:189-194
- Niki, H., R. Imamura, M. Kitaoka, K. Yamanaka, T. Ogura, S. Hiraga 1992. E. coli MukB protein involved in chromosome partition forms a homodimer with a rod-and-hinge structure having DNA binding and ATP/GTP binding activities. EMBO J. 11:5101-5109
- Vinella, D., R. D'Ari 1995. Overview of controls in the Escherichia coli cell cycle. Bioessays 17:527-0
- Yamanaka, K., T. Ogura, H. Niki, S. Hiraga 1996. Identification of two new genes, mukE and mukF, involved in chromosome partitioning in Escherichia coli. Mol.Gen.Genet. 250:241-51
- Saleh, A.Z., K. Yamanaka, H. Niki, T. Ogura, M. Yamazoe, S. Hiraga 1996. Carboxyl terminal region of the MukB protein in Escherichia coli is essential for DNA binding activity. FEMS Microbiol.Lett. 143:211-216
- Jaffe, A., D. Vinella, R. D'Ari 1997. The Escherichia coli histone-like protein HU affects DNA initiation, chromosome partitioning via MukB, and cell division via MinCDE. J.Bacteriol. 179:3494-3499
- Yamazoe, M., T. Onogi, Y. Sunako, H. Niki, K. Yamanaka, T. Ichimura, S. Hiraga 1999. Complex formation of MukB, MukE and MukF proteins involved in chromosome partitioning in Escherichia coli. EMBO J. 18:5873-5884
- Hwang, J., M. Inouye 2001. An essential GTPase, der, containing double GTP-binding domains from Escherichia coli and Thermotoga maritima. J.Biol.Chem. 276:31415-31421
- den Blaauwen, T., A. Lindqvist, J. Lowe, N. Nanninga 2001. Distribution of the Escherichia coli structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC)-like protein MukB in the cell. Molecular Microbiology 42:1179-1188