Site potE
- Name: potE
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0692 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: putrescine-ornithine transporter
- Left End Point: 15.44
- Right End Point: 15.47
- Products:
putrescine-lysine antiporter - Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
potE740(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10753 EcoliWiki potE - Comment:
- Not involved in putrescine excretion correlated with either growth or with hyperosmotic shock. Additional putrescine exporter must be present in cell.
- References:
- Kashiwagi, K., S. Miyamoto, F. Suzuki, H. Kobayashi, K. Igarashi 1992. Excretion of putrescine by the putrescine-ornithine antiporter encoded by the potE gene of Escherichia coli. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 89:4529-4533
- Kashiwagi, K., R. Watanabe, K. Igarashi 1994. Involvement of ribonuclease III in the enhancement of expression of the speF-potE operon encoding inducible ornithine decarboxylase and polyamine transport protein. Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. 200:591-597
- Kashiwagi, K., S. Shibuya, H. Tomitori, A. Kuraishi, K. Igarashi 1997. Excretion and uptake of putrescine by the PotE protein in Escherichia coli. J.Biol.Chem. 272:6318-6323
- Schiller, D., D. Kruse, H. Kneifel, R. Kramer, A. Burkovski 2000. Polyamine transport and role of potE in response to osmotic stress in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 182:6247-6249