Site osmY
- Name: osmY
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b4376 MG1655 locus tag csi-5 - Mnemonic: osmotically inducible
- Left End Point: 99.35
- Right End Point: 99.36
- Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment stationary phase(rpoS) regulon NULL - Priority: 0
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
osmY771(del)::kan osmY792-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11391 EcoliWiki osmY - Comment:
- periplasmic protein. sigma s-dependent. stationary-phase induction and osmotic regulation. also regulated by Lrp, cAMP, CRP-cAMP, and IHF.
- References:
- Yim, H.H., M. Villarejo 1992. osmY, a new hyperosmotically inducible gene, encodes a periplasmic protein in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 174:3637-3644
- Lange, R., M. Barth, R. Hengge-Aronis 1993. Complex transcriptional control of the sigma S-dependent stationary-phase-induced and osmotically regulated osmY (csi-5) gene suggests novel roles for Lrp, cyclic AMP (cAMP) receptor protein-cAMP complex, and
- Yim, H.H., R.L. Brems, M. Villarejo 1994. Molecular characterization of the promoter of osmY, an rpoS-dependent gene. J.Bacteriol. 176:100-107
- Ding, Q., S. Kusano, M. Villarejo, A. Ishihama 1995. Promoter selectivity control of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase by ionic strength: differential recognition of osmoregulated promoters by E sigma D and E sigma S holoenzymes. Mol.Microbiol. 16:649-65
- Schellhorn, H.E., J.P. Audia, L.I. Wei, L. Chang 1998. Identification of conserved, RpoS-dependent stationary-phase genes of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 180:6283-6291