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Site fad

• Name: fad
• Type: Operon
  Synonyms

  old

  
  
• Mnemonic: Fatty acid degradation
• Left End Point: 86.77
• Right End Point: 86.84
  SubSites:

  fadB

  fadA

  
  
• Direction: <
• Priority: 0
  2 Alleles of This Gene

  fad-101::Tn10

  fad-3165::Tn10kan

  
  
• Comment:
  • sequence of operon in ref. below. Coord. from rudd.
• References:
  • DiRusso, C.C. 1990. Primary sequence of the Escherichia coli fadBA operon, encoding the fatty acid-oxidizing multienzyme complex, indicates a high degree of homology to eucaryotic enzymes. J.Bacteriol. 172:6459-6468