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Site chiA

• Name: chiA
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b3338	MG1655 locus tag
  yheB

  
  
• Mnemonic: chitinase
• Left End Point: 74.68
• Right End Point: 74.74
  Products:

  chitinase, periplasmic, with low expression -- not excreted

  endochitinase/lysozyme activity

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

  chiA748(del)::kan

  chiA848(del)::FRT

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG11237
  EcoliWiki	chiA

  
  
• Comment:
• References:
  • Simpson, HD, F Barras 1999. Functional analysis of the carbohydrate-binding domains of Erwinia chrysanthemi Cel5 (Endoglucanase Z) and an Escherichia coli putative chitinase. J. Bacteriol. 181(15):4611-6.
  
  
  • Francetic, O., C. Badaut, S. Rimsky, A.P. Pugsley 2000. The ChiA (YheB) protein of Escherichia coli K-12 is an endochitinase whose gene is negatively controlled by the nucleoid-structuring protein H-NS. Mol.Microbiol. 35:1506-1517