Site hfq
- Name: hfq
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b4172 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: host factor for Q beta
- Left End Point: 94.80
- Right End Point: 94.80
- Products:
HF-I, host factor for phage Q beta - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment encodes NA-binding protein RNA-binding regulatory gene NULL - Priority: 0
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
hfq-722(del)::kan hfq-791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10438 EcoliWiki hfq - Comment:
- Required for function of trans-encoded small RNA's.
- References:
- Kajitani, M., A. Ishihama 1991. Identification and sequence determination of the host factor gene for bacteriophage Q beta. Nucleic Acids Res. 19:1063-1066
- Tsui, H.C., H.C. Leung, M.E. Winkler 1994. Characterization of broadly pleiotropic phenotypes caused by an hfq insertion mutation in Escherichia coli K-12. Mol.Microbiol. 13:35-49
- Tsui, H.C., G. Zhao, G. Feng, H.C. Leung, M.E. Winkler 1994. The mutL repair gene of Escherichia coli K-12 forms a superoperon with a gene encoding a new cell-wall amidase. Mol.Microbiol. 11:189-202
- Kajitani, M., A. Kato, A. Wada, Y. Inokuchi, A. Ishihama 1994. Regulation of the Escherichia coli hfq gene encoding the host factor for phage Q beta. J.Bacteriol. 176:531-534
- Shi, X., G. Bennett 1994. Plasmids bearing hfq and the hns-like gene stpA complement hns mutants in modulating arginine decarboxylase gene expression in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 176:6769-6775
- Tsui, H.-C.T., G. Feng, M.E. Winkler 1996. Transcription of the mutL repair, miaA tRNA modification, hfq pleiotropic regulator, and hflA region protease genes of Escherichia coli K-12 from clustered Esigma^32-specific promoters during heat shock. J.Bac
- Tsui, H.C., G. Feng, M.E. Winkler 1997. Negative regulation of mutS and mutH repair gene expression by the Hfq and RpoS global regulators of Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 179:7476-7487
- Wassarman, K.M., F. Repoila, C. Rosenow, G. Storz, S. Gottesman 2001. Identification of novel small RNAs using comparative genomics and microarrays. Genes & Development 15:1637-1651