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Site aes

• Name: aes
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b0476	MG1655 locus tag
  ybaC

  
  
• Mnemonic: acetyl esterase
• Left End Point: 10.74
• Right End Point: 10.76
  Products:

  esterase affecting maltose system expression

  
  
• Direction: <
• Priority: 0
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  aes-758(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG11101
  EcoliWiki	aes

  
  
• Comment:
• References:
  • Peist, R., A. Koch, P. Bolek, S. Sewitz, T. Kolbus, W. Boos 1997. Characterization of the aes gene of Escherichia coli encoding an enzyme with esterase activity. J.Bacteriol. 179:7679-7686
  
  
  • Kanaya, S., T. Koyanagi, E. Kanaya 1998. An esterase from Escherichia coli with a sequence similarity to hormone-sensitive lipase. Biochem.J. 332:75-80
  
  
  • Haruki, M., Y. Oohashi, S. Mizuguchi, Y. Matsuo, M. Morikawa, S. Kanaya 1999. Identification of catalytically essential residues in Escherichia coli esterase by site-directed mutagenesis. FEBS Lett. 454:262-266