Site glpK
- Name: glpK
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3926 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Glycerol phosphate
- Left End Point: 88.66
- Right End Point: 88.70
- Products:
glycerol kinase - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 13 Alleles of This Gene
glpK1 glpK14(fbR) glpK15(fbR) glpK16 glpK18 glpK21 glpK22(fbR) glpK23(p) glpK29 glpK30 glpK31(fbR) glpK4 glpK785(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10398 EcoliWiki glpK - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Loss: L-glyceraldehyde resistance. Regulatory in ptsI; growth on glycerol & a-methylglucoside.
- References:
- Schwartz, M. 1966. Location of the maltose A and B loci on the genetic map of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 92:1083-1089
- Berman-Kurtz, M., E.C.C. Lin, D.P. Richey 1971. Promoter-like mutant with increased expression of the glycerol kinase operon of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 106:724-731
- Tang, C.-T., R. Engel, B.E. Tropp 1977. L-Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, a bactericidal agent. Antimicrob.Agents Chemother. 11:147-153
- Saier, M.H., H. Straud, L.S. Massman, J.J. Judice, M.J. Newman, B.U. Feucht 1978. Permease-specific mutations in Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli that release the glycerol, maltose, melibiose, and lactose transport systems from regulation by
- Conrad, C.A., G.W. Stearns, W.E. Prater, J.A. Rheimer, J.R. Johnson 1984. Characterization of a glpK transducing phage. Mol.Gen.Genet. 193:376-378
- Pettigrew, D.W., D.-P. Ma, C.A. Conrad, J.R. Johnson 1988. Escherichia coli glycerol kinase. Cloning and sequencing of the glpK gene and the primary structure of the enzyme. J.Biol.Chem. 263:135-139
- Pettigrew, D.W., W.Z. Liu, C. Holmes, N.D. Meadow, S. Roseman 1996. A single amino acid change in Escherichia coli glycerol kinase abolishes glucose control of glycerol utilization in vivo. J.Bacteriol. 178:2846-2852
- Raj, V.S., H. Tomitori, M. Yoshida, A. Apirakaramwong, K. Kashiwagi, K. Takio, A. Ishihama, K. Igarashi 2001. Properties of a revertant of Escherichia coli viable in the presence of spermidine accumulation: increase in L-glycerol 3-phosphate. J.Bacteri