Site gltX
- Name: gltX
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2400 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Glutamate
- Left End Point: 54.26
- Right End Point: 54.29
- Products:
glutamyl-tRNA synthetase GTR synthetase - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
gltX351(ts) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10407 EcoliWiki gltX - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Glutamyl-gamma-methylester resistance.
- References:
- Kraus, J., D. Soll, K.B. Low 1979. Glutamyl-gamma-methyl ester acts as a methionine analogue in Escherichia coli: analogue resistant mutants map at the metJ and metK loci. Genet.Res. 33:49-55
- Sanfacon, H., S. Levasseur, P.H. Roy, J. LaPointe 1983. Cloning of the gene for Escherichia coli glutamyl-tRNA synthetase. Gene 22:175-180
- Breton, R., H. Sanfacon, I.A. Papayannopoulos, K. Biemann, J. LaPointe 1986. Glutamyl-tRNA synthetase of Escherichia coli. Isolation and primary structure of the gltX gene and homology with other aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. J.Biol.Chem. 261:10610-10617
- Brun, Y.V., R. Breton, P. Lanouette, J. LaPointe 1990. Precise mapping and comparison of two evolutionarily related regions of the Escherichia coli K-12 chromosome. Evolution of valU and lysT from an ancestral tRNA operon. J.Mol.Biol. 214:825-843