Site glnW
- Name: glnW
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0668 MG1655 locus tag glnUbeta sufG Kohno and Roth, shown to be tRNAGln1 by O'Connor - Mnemonic: Glutamine
- Left End Point: 15.00
- Right End Point: 15.00
- Products:
glutamine tRNA1 - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment duplicate gene with glnU - Priority: 0
- External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG30030 EcoliWiki glnW - Comment:
- sufG alleles are insertions in the anticodon loop allowing CAAA decoding, thus suppressing +1 frameshifts
- References:
- Morgan, S., A. Korner, K.B. Low, D. Soll 1977. Regulation of biosynthesis of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and of tRNA in Escherichia coli. I. Isolation and characterization of a mutant with elevated levels of tRNA_1^Gln. J.Mol.Biol. 117:1013-1031
- O'Connor, M. 2002. Insertions in the anticodon loop of tRNA1Gln(sufG) and tRNA(Lys) promote quadruplet decoding of CAAA. Nucleic Acids Res. 30:1985-1990