Site frdA
- Name: frdA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b4154 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: fumarate reductase
- Left End Point: 94.37
- Right End Point: 94.41
- Products:
fumarate reductase flavoprotein subunit - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
frdA11 frdA781(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10330 EcoliWiki frdA - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Duplication, with ampC.
- References:
- Cole, S.T., J.R. Guest 1979. Production of a soluble form of fumarate reductase by multiple gene duplications in Escherichia coli K12. Eur.J.Biochem. 102:65-71
- Cole, S.T., J.R. Guest 1980. Amplification of fumarate reductase synthesis with frdA transducing phages and orientation of frdA gene expression. Mol.Gen.Genet. 179:377-385
- Cole, S.T., J.R. Guest 1980. Genetic and physical characterization of lambda transducing phages (lambda frdA) containing the fumarate reductase gene of Escherichia coli K-12. Mol.Gen.Genet. 178:409-418
- Lohmeier, E., D.S. Hagen, P. Dickie, J.H. Weiner 1981. Cloning and expression of the fumarate reductase gene of Escherichia coli. Can.J.Biochem. 59:158-164
- Edlund, T., S. Normark 1981. Recombination between short DNA homologies causes tandem duplications. Nature 292:269-271
- Grundstrom, T., B. Jaurin 1982. Overlap between ampC and frd operons on the Escherichia coli chromosome. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 79:1111-1115
- Cole, S.T., T. Grundstrom, B. Jaurin, J.J. Robinson, J.H. Weiner 1982. Location and nucleotide sequence of frdB, the gene coding for the iron-sulphur protein subunit of the fumarate reductase of Escherichia coli. Eur.J.Biochem. 126:211-216
- Cole, S.T. 1982. Nucleotide sequence coding for the flavoprotein subunit of the fumarate reductase of Escherichia coli. Eur.J.Biochem. 122:479-484
- Jones, H.M., R.P. Gunsalus 1985. Transcription of the Escherichia coli fumarate reductase genes (frdABCD) and their coordinate regulation by oxygen, nitrate, and fumarate. J.Bacteriol. 164:1100-1109
- Blaut, M., K. Whittaker, A. Valdovinos, B.A. Ackrell, R.P. Gunsalus, G. Cecchini 1989. Fumarate reductase mutants of Escherichia coli that lack covalently bound flavin. J.Biol.Chem. 264:13599-13604
- Imlay, J.A. 1995. A metabolic enzyme that rapidly produces superoxide, fumarate reductase of Escherichia coli. J.Biol.Chem. 270:19767-19777