Site thiA
- Name: thiA
- Type: Operon
- Mnemonic: thiamin (and thiazole)
- Left End Point: 90.28
- Right End Point: 90.40
- SubSites:
thiC thiE thiF thiG thiH - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 4 Alleles of This Gene
thiA-32 thiA-40 thiA-41 thiA-46(ts) - Comment:
- thiazole synthesis. Selectable phenotype--For constitutive mutants: pyrithiamine resistance
- References:
- Kay, W.W. 1972. Genetic control of the metabolism of propionate by Escherichia coli K12. Biochim.Biophys.Acta 264:508-521
- Vander Horn, P.B., A.D. Backstrom, V.J. Stewart, T.P. Begley 1993. Structural genes for thiamine biosynthetic enzymes (thiCEFGH) in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 175:982-992