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Site galF
- Name: galF
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2042 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Galactose
- Left End Point: 45.51
- Right End Point: 45.53
- Products:
UTP-glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase? regulatory subunit? regulatory subunit of UDPGlu pyrophosphorylase? - Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
galF731(del)::kan galF791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG13578 EcoliWiki galF - Comment:
- Not required for colanic acid synthesis
- References:
- Stevenson, G., K. Andrianopoulos, M. Hobbs, P.R. Reeves 1996. Organization of the Escherichia coli K-12 gene cluster responsible for production of the extracellular polysaccharide colanic acid. J.Bacteriol. 178:4885-4893
- Marolda, C.L., M.A. Valvano 1996. The GalF protein of Escherichia coli is not a UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase but interacts with the GalU protein possibly to regulate cellular levels of UDP-glucose. Mol.Microbiol. 22:827-840