Site torA
- Name: torA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0997 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: trimethylamine oxide reductase
- Left End Point: 22.82
- Right End Point: 22.87
- Products:
trimethylamine N-oxide reductase TMAO reductase - Direction: >
- Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
torA741(del)::kan torA791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank X73888 EcoGene.org EG11814 EcoliWiki torA - Comment:
- molybdo-protein. Seq. homology with BisC and DmsA.
- References:
- Takagi, M., M. Ishimoto 1983. Escherichia coli mutants defective in trimethylamine N-oxide reductase. FEMS Microbiol.Lett. 17:247-250
- Pascal, M.C., J.-F. Burini, M. Chippaux 1984. Regulation of the trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) reductase in Escherichia coli: analysis of Tor:Mud1 operon fusion. Mol.Gen.Genet. 195:351-355
- Mejean, V., C. Iobbi-Nivol, M. Lepelletier, G. Giordano, M. Chippaux, M.C. Pascal 1994. TMAO anaerobic respiration in Escherichia coli: involvement of the tor operon. Mol.Microbiol. 11:1169-1179
- Santini, C.L., B. Ize, A. Chanal, M. Muller, G. Giordano, L.F. Wu 1998. A novel sec-independent periplasmic protein translocation pathway in Escherichia coli. EMBO J. 17:101-112
- Buchanan, G., F. Sargent, B.C. Berks, T. Palmer 2001. A genetic screen for suppressors of Escherichia coli Tat signal peptide mutations establishes a critical role for the second arginine within the twin-arginine motif. Archives of Microbiology 177:107