Site narK
- Name: narK
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1223 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: nitrate reductase, nitrate regulation
- Left End Point: 27.53
- Right End Point: 27.56
- Products:
nitrate/nitrite antiporter nitrite extrusion protein - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment encodes membrane protein NULL - Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
narK734(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank X15996 EcoGene.org EG10642 EcoliWiki narK - Comment:
- NarGHJI under positive control of FNR (anaerobic) and NarL/NarX
- References:
- Stewart, V.J., J. Parales 1988. Identification and expression of genes narL and narX of the nar (nitrate reductase) locus in Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 170:1589-1597
- Blasco, F., C. Iobbi 1990. Nitrate reductases of Escherichia coli: sequence of the second nitrate reductase and comparison with that encoded by the narGHJI operon. Mol.Gen.Genet. 222:104-111
- DeMoss, J.A., P.-Y. Hsu 1991. NarK enhances nitrate uptake and nitrite excretion in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 173:3303-3310
- Leonardo, MR, DP Clark 1991. Locations of genes in the nar-adhE region of the Escherichia coli K-12 chromosome. J. Bacteriol. 173(5):1574-5.