Site mltA
- Name: mltA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2813 MG1655 locus tag waaN? - Mnemonic: membrane-bound lytic transglycosylase
- Left End Point: 63.46
- Right End Point: 63.48
- Products:
lipoprotein lytic transglycosylase, Mlt38, membrane-bound murein hydrolase, outer membrane - Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
mltA741(del)::kan mltA791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG13085 EcoliWiki mltA - Comment:
- affects murein sacculus maturation.
- References:
- Ursinus, A., J.V. Holtje 1994. Purification and properties of a membrane-bound lytic transglycosylase. J.Bacteriol. 176:338-343
- Holtje, J.V. 1995. From growth to autolysis: the murein hydrolases in Escherichia coli. Arch.Microbiol. 164:243-254
- Lommatzsch, J., M.F. Templin, A.R. Kraft, W. Vollmer, J.V. Holtje 1997. Outer membrane localization of murein hydrolases: MltA, a third lipoprotein lytic transglycosylase in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 179:5465-5470
- Van Straaten, K.E., B.W. Dijkstra, A.M. Thunnissen 2004. Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the lytic transglycosylase MltA from Escherichia coli. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 60:758-760