Site lysP
- Name: lysP
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2156 MG1655 locus tag cadR cadaverine operon regulator - Mnemonic: Lysine
- Left End Point: 48.39
- Right End Point: 48.43
- Products:
lysine permease - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment transport gene NULL - Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
lysP37 lysP783(del)::kan lysP81 - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11337 EcoliWiki lysP - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Loss: thiosine resistance (lysP).
- References:
- Tabor, H., E.W. Hafner, C.W. Tabor 1980. Construction of an Escherichia coli strain unable to synthesize putrescine, spermidine, or cadaverine: characterization of two genes controlling lysine decarboxylase. J.Bacteriol. 144:952-956
- Popkin, P.S., W.K. Maas 1980. Escherichia coli regulatory mutation affecting lysine transport and lysine decarboxylase. J.Bacteriol. 141:485-492
- Steffes, C., J. Ellis, J. Wu, B.P. Rosen 1992. The lysP gene encodes the lysine-specific permease. J.Bacteriol. 174:3242-3249
- Neely, M.N., C.L. Dell, E.R. Olson 1994. Roles of LysP and CadC in mediating the lysine requirement for acid induction of the Escherichia coli cad operon. J.Bacteriol. 176:3278-3285