Site hemB
- Name: hemB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0369 MG1655 locus tag ncf - Mnemonic: Hemin
- Left End Point: 8.36
- Right End Point: 8.39
- Products:
5-aminolevulinate dehydratase porphobilinogen synthase ALA dehydratase - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
hemB1 hemB220 hemB3 - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank M24488 EcoGene.org EG10428 EcoliWiki hemB - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Loss in hemA-; growth with hemin, then kanamycin resistance. Loss: plate method.
- References:
- McConville, M.L., H.P. Charles 1979. Mutants of Escherichia coli K12 accumulating porphobilinogen: a new locus, hemC. J.Gen.Microbiol. 111:193-200
- McConville, M.L., H.P. Charles 1979. Isolation of haemin-requiring mutants of Escherichia coli K12. J.Gen.Microbiol. 113:155-164
- Li, J.-M., H. Umanoff, R. Proenca, C.S. Russell, S.D. Cosloy 1988. Cloning of the Escherichia coli K-12 hemB gene. J.Bacteriol. 170:1021-1025
- Echelard, Y., J. Dymetryszyn, M. Drolet, A. Sasarman 1988. Nucleotide sequence of the hemB gene of Escherichia coli K12. Mol.Gen.Genet. 214:503-508
- Li, J.-M., C.S. Russell, S.D. Cosloy 1989. The structure of the Escherichia coli hemB gene. Gene 75:177-184
- Lewis, L.A., K.B. Li, A. Gousse, F. Pereira, N. Pacheco, S. Pierre, P. Kodaman, S. Lawson 1991. Genetic and molecular analysis of spontaneous respiratory deficient (res-) mutants of Escherichia coli K-12. Microbiol.Immunol. 35:289-301
- O'Neill, G.P., S. Thorbjarnardottir, U. Michelsen, S. Palsson, D. Soll, G. Eggertsson 1991. Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase deficiency can cause delta-aminolevulinate auxotrophy in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 173:94-100
- Adler, H.I., R. Mural, B. Suttle 1992. Oxygen sensitivity of an Escherichia coli mutant. J.Bacteriol. 174:2072-2077