Site argC
- Name: argC
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
Arg2 argH b3958 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Arginine
- Left End Point: 89.51
- Right End Point: 89.53
- Products:
N-acetyl-gamma-glutamyl-phosphate reductase - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment auxotrophy-amino acid NULL - Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
argC24 argC32 argC745(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10065 EcoliWiki argC - Comment:
- Selectable Pheno. Constitutive in his-: growth on ornithine & N-acetylhistidine. Loss, in car-: growth on acetylornithine & uracil.
- References:
- Crabeel, M., D. Charlier, R. Cunin, A. Bogen, N. Glansdorff, A. Pierard 1975. Accumulation of arginine precursors in Escherichia coli: effects on growth, enzyme repression, and application to the forward selection of arginine auxotrophs. J.Bacteriol.
- Baumberg, S. 1976. Genetic control of arginine metabolism in prokaryotes. In K.D. MacDonald, ed., Academic Press, London. Second Intl.Symp.Genet.Indust.Microorganisms 1:369-389
- Moran, M.C., A.J. Mazaitis, R.H. Vogel, A.D. David 1979. Clustered arg genes on a Bam HI segment of the Escherichia coli chromosome. Gene 8:25-34
- Crabeel, M., D. Charlier, R. Cunin, N. Glansdorff 1979. Cloning and endonuclease restriction analysis of argF and of the control region of the argECBH biopolar operon in Escherichia coli. Gene 5:207-231
- Beny, G., A. Boyen, D. Charlier, W. Lissens, A. Feller, N. Glansdorff 1982. Promoter mapping and selection of operator mutants by using insertion of bacteriophage Mu in the argECBH divergent operon of Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 151:62-67
- Piette, J., R. Cunin, A. Boyen, D. Charlier, M. Crabeel, F. Van Vliet, N. Glansdorff, C. Squires, C.L. Squires 1982. The regulatory region of the divergent argECBH operon in Escherichia coli K-12. Nucleic Acids Res. 10:8031-8048
- Parsot, C., A. Boyen, G.N. Cohen, N. Glansdorff 1988. Nucleotide sequence of Escherichia coli argB and argC genes: comparison of N-acetylglutamate kinase and N-acetylglutamate-gamma-semialdehyde dehydrogenase with homologous and analogous enzymes. Gene