Site chbA
- Name: chbA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1736 MG1655 locus tag celC Kricker and Hall - Mnemonic: chitobiose
- Left End Point: 39.18
- Right End Point: 39.18
- Products:
phosphotransferase system enz. IIA(Chb), formerly IIIcel, PEP-dependent IIAChb of the Enzyme II complex, IIAChb - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
chbA735(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10142 EcoliWiki chbA - Comment:
- Transport of cellobiose, arbutin and salicin. IIAChb protein of enzyme II complex for transport/P'n of N,N'-diacetylchitobiose.
- References:
- Kricker, M., B.G. Hall 1984. Directed evolution of cellobiose utilization in Escherichia coli K12. Mol.Biol.Evol. 1:171-182
- Kricker, M., B.G. Hall 1987. Biochemical genetics of the cryptic gene system for cellobiose utilization in Escherichia coli K12. Genetics 115:419-429
- Reizer, J., A. Reizer, M.H. Saier 1990. The cellobiose permease of Escherichia coli consists of three proteins and is homologous to the lactose permease of Staphylococcus aureus. Res.Microbiol. 141:1061-1067
- Parker, L.L., B.G. Hall 1990. Characterization and nucleotide sequence of the cryptic cel operon of E. coli K12. Genetics 124:455-471
- Keyhani, N.O., S. Roseman 1997. Wild-type Escherichia coli grows on the chitin disaccharide, N,N'-diacetylchitobiose, by expressing the cel operon. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 94:14367-14371
- Keyhani, N.O., O. Boudker, S. Roseman 2000. Isolation and characterization of IIAChb, a soluble protein of the enzyme II complex required for the transport/phosphorylation of N, N'-diacetylchitobiose in Escherichia coli. J.Biol.Chem. 275:33091-33101