Site xylA
- Name: xylA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3565 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Xylose
- Left End Point: 80.34
- Right End Point: 80.37
- Products:
D-xylose isomerase - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
xylA13 xylA5 xylA748(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank K01996 EcoGene.org EG11074 EcoliWiki xylA - Comment:
- Strains deficient in xylA are unable to ferment xylose but can ferment xylulose
- References:
- Maleszka, R., P.Y. Wang, H. Schneider 1982. A ColE1 hybrid plasmid containing Escherichia coli genes complementing D-xylose negative mutants of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. Can.J.Biochem. 60:144-151
- Rosenfeld, S.A., P.E. Stevis, N.W.Y. Ho 1984. Cloning and characterization of the xyl gene from Escherichia coli. Mol.Gen.Genet. 194:410-415
- Lawlis, V.B., M.S. Dennis, E.Y. Chen, D.H. Smith, D.J. Henner 1984. Cloning and sequencing of the xylose isomerase and xylulose kinase genes of Escherichia coli. Appl.Environ.Microbiol. 47:15-21
- Schellenberg, G.D., A. Sarthy, A.E. Larson, M.P. Backer, J.W. Crabb, M. Lidstrom, B.D. Hall, C.E. Furlong 1984. Xylose isomerase from Escherichia coli. Characterization of the protein and the structural gene. J.Biol.Chem. 259:6826-6832
- Briggs, K.A., W.E. Lancashire, B.S. Hartley 1984. Molecular cloning, DNA structure and expression of the Escherichia coli D-xylose isomerase. EMBO J. 3:611-616
- Kurose, N., K. Murata, A. Kimura 1987. Cloning of the D-xylose uptake gene linked to the xylA gene in Escherichia coli. Agric.Biol.Chem. 51:2575-2578
- Sofia, H.J., V.D. Burland, D.L. Daniels, G. Plunkett, F.R. Blattner 1994. Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome. V. DNA sequence of the region from 76.0 to 81.5 minutes. Nucleic Acids Res. 22:2576-2586