Site rffE
- Name: rffE
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3786 MG1655 locus tag nfrC Kiino et al. o389 Daniels et al., GenBank wecB - Mnemonic: rough
- Left End Point: 85.53
- Right End Point: 85.55
- Products:
UDP-GlcNAc-2-epimerase - Direction: >
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
rffE737(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11451 EcoliWiki rffE - Comment:
- o389 was given designation nfrC, based on Kiino et al. sequence, Marolda and Valvano assigned o389 = rffE, correcting previous rffE=o355 assignment by EcoSeq and Daniels et al, GenBank entry.
- References:
- Liebke, H., G.F. Hatfull 1985. The sequence of the distal end of the E. coli ribosomal RNA rrnE operon indicates conserved features are shared by rrn operons. Nucleic Acids Res. 13:5515-5525
- Meier-Dieter, U., R. Starman, K. Barr, H. Mayer, P.D. Rick 1990. Biosynthesis of enterobacterial common antigen in Escherichia coli. Biochemical characterization of Tn10 insertion mutants defective in enterobacterial common antigen synthesis. J.Biol.Ch
- Daniels, D.L., G. Plunkett, V.D. Burland, F.R. Blattner 1992. Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome: DNA sequence of the region from 84.5 to 86.5 minutes. Science 257:771-778
- Meier-Dieter, U., K. Barr, R. Starman, L.P. Hatch, P.D. Rick 1992. Nucleotide sequence of the Escherichia coli rfe gene involved in the synthesis of enterobacterial common antigen. Molecular cloning of the rfe-rff gene cluster. J.Biol.Chem. 267:746-75
- Marolda, C.L., M.A. Valvano 1995. Genetic analysis of the dTDP-rhamnose biosynthesis region of the Escherichia coli VW187 (O7:K1) rfb gene cluster: identification of functional homologs of rfbB and rfbA in the rff cluster and correct location of the rf