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Site metD

• Name: metD
• Type: Operon
• Mnemonic: Methionine
• Left End Point: 4.74
• Right End Point: 4.77
  SubSites:

  metQ

  metI

  metN

  
  
• Direction: <
• Priority: 0
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  metD-88

  
  
• Comment:
  • Selectable phenotype. Loss: a-methylmethionine, methionine sulfoximine resistance. Probable operon.
• References:
  • Kadner, R.J. 1977. Transport and utilization of D-methionine and other methionine sources in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 129:207-216
  
  
  • Merlin, C, G Gardiner, S Durand, M Masters 2002. The Escherichia coli metD locus encodes an ABC transporter which includes Abc (MetN), YaeE (MetI), and YaeC (MetQ). J. Bacteriol. 184(19):5513-7.