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Site nikE
- Name: nikE
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3480 MG1655 locus tag hydD - Mnemonic: nickel
- Left End Point: 77.93
- Right End Point: 77.95
- Direction: >
- Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
nikE734(del)::kan nikE793-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG12079 EcoliWiki nikE - Comment:
- Formate hydrogen-lyase activity; nik (hydC) mutants lack hydrogenase and fumarate reductase, restored by nickel in medium.
- References:
- Wu, L.F., M.A. Mandrand-Berthelot 1986. Genetic and physiological characterization of new Escherichia coli mutants impaired in hydrogenase activity. Biochimie 68:167-179
- Wu, L.F., C. Navarro, M.A. Mandrand-Berthelot 1991. The hydC region contains a multi-cistronic operon (nik) involved in nickel transport in Escherichia coli. Gene 107:37-42
- Navarro, C., L.F. Wu, M.A. Mandrand-Berthelot 1993. The nik operon of Escherichia coli encodes a periplasmic binding-protein-dependent transport system for nickel. Mol.Microbiol. 9:1181-1191