Site rfaG
- Name: rfaG
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3631 MG1655 locus tag waaG - Mnemonic: Rough
- Left End Point: 81.99
- Right End Point: 82.01
- Products:
glucosyltransferase I - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
rfaG742(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11339 EcoliWiki rfaG - Comment:
- Lipopolysaccharide core biosynthesis. required for attachment of the first glucose residue to heptose region of the core.
- References:
- Creeger, E.S., T. Schulte, L.I. Rothfield 1984. Regulation of membrane glycosyltransferases by the sfrB and rfaH genes of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. J.Biol.Chem. 259:3064-3069
- Austin, E.A., J.F. Graves, L.A. Hite, C. Parker, C.A. Schnaitman 1990. Genetic analysis of lipopolysaccharide core biosynthesis by Escherichia coli K-12: insertion mutagenesis of the rfa locus. J.Bacteriol. 172:5312-5325
- Schnaitman, C.A., C. Parker, J.D. Klena, E. Pradel, N.B. Pearson, K.E. Sanderson, P.R. MacLachlan 1991. Physical maps of the rfa loci of Escherichia coli K-12 and Salmonella typhimurium. J.Bacteriol. 173:7410-7411
- Pradel, E., C.A. Schnaitman 1991. Effect of rfaH (sfrB) and temperature on expression of rfa genes of Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 173:6428-6431
- Roncero, C., M.J. Casadaban 1992. Genetic analysis of the genes involved in synthesis of the lipopolysaccharide core in Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 174:3250-3260
- Parker, C., A.W. Kloser, C.A. Schnaitman, M.A. Stein, S. Gottesman, B.W. Gibson 1992. Role of the rfaG and rfaP genes in determining the lipopolysaccharide core structure and cell surface properties of Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 174:2525-2538
- Parker, C., E. Pradel, C.A. Schnaitman 1992. Identification and sequences of the lipopolysaccharide core biosynthetic genes rfaQ, rfaP,and rfaG of Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 174:930-934
- Schnaitman, CA, JD Klena 1993. Genetics of lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in enteric bacteria. Microbiol. Rev. 57(3):655-82.
- Sofia, H.J., V.D. Burland, D.L. Daniels, G. Plunkett, F.R. Blattner 1994. Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome. V. DNA sequence of the region from 76.0 to 81.5 minutes. Nucleic Acids Res. 22:2576-2586