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Site ppk
- Name: ppk
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2501 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: polyphosphate kinase
- Left End Point: 56.50
- Right End Point: 56.54
- Products:
polyphosphate kinase - Direction: >
- Priority: 0
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
ppk-749(del)::kan ppk-791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11510 EcoliWiki ppk - Comment:
- reversible conversion between polyP (linear polymer of Pi linked by high-energy phosphoanhydride bonds) + ADP and ATP.
- References:
- Akiyama, M., E. Crooke, A. Kornberg 1992. The polyphosphate kinase gene of Escherichia coli. Isolation and sequence of the ppk gene and membrane location of the protein. J.Biol.Chem. 267:22556-22561
- Crooke, E., M. Akiyama, N.N. Rao, A. Kornberg 1994. Genetically altered levels of inorganic polyphosphate in Escherichia coli. J.Biol.Chem. 269:6290-6295
- Kornberg, A. 1995. Inorganic polyphosphate: toward making a forgotten polymer unforgettable. J.Bacteriol. 177:491-496
- Blum, E., B. Py, A.J. Carpousis, C.F. Higgins 1997. Polyphosphate kinase is a component of the Escherichia coli RNA degradosome. Mol.Microbiol. 26:387-398
- Ault-Riche, D., C.D. Fraley, C.M. Tzeng, A. Kornberg 1998. Novel assay reveals multiple pathways regulating stress-induced accumulations of inorganic polyphosphate in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 180:1841-1847