Site recJ
- Name: recJ
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2892 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Recombination
- Left End Point: 65.41
- Right End Point: 65.44
- Products:
single-stranded-DNA-specific exonuclease - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment spectinomycin resistance NULL - Priority: 1
- 4 Alleles of This Gene
recJ153 recJ284::Tn10 recJ743(del)::kan recJ795-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10830 EcoliWiki recJ - Comment:
- Recombination and DNA repair. Single-stranded DNA-specific exonuclease. see 91 ref.
- References:
- Lovett, S.T., A.J. Clark 1984. Genetic analysis of the recJ gene of Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 157:190-196
- Lovett, S.T., A.J. Clark 1985. Cloning of the Escherichia coli recJ chromosomal region and identification of its encoded proteins. J.Bacteriol. 162:280-285
- Lovett, S.T., R.D. Kolodner 1989. Identification and purification of a single-stranded-DNA-specific exonuclease encoded by the recJ gene of Escherichia coli. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 86:2627-2631
- Clark, A.J. 1991. rec genes and homologous recombination proteins in Escherichia coli. Biochimie 73:523-532
- Lovett, S.T., R.D. Kolodner 1991. Nucleotide sequence of the Escherichia coli recJ chromosomal region and construction of RecJ-overexpression plasmids. J.Bacteriol. 173:353-364
- Lovett, S.T., V.A. Sutera 1995. Suppression of recJ exonuclease mutants of Escherichia coli by alterations in DNA helicases II (uvrD) and IV (helD). Genetics 140:27-45
- Ukita, T., H. Ikeda 1996. Role of the recJ gene product in UV-induced illegitimate recombination at the hotspot. J.Bacteriol. 178:2362-2367