Site gatA
- Name: gatA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2094 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Galactitol
- Left End Point: 46.83
- Right End Point: 46.84
- Products:
galactitol-specific enzyme II of phosphotransferase system - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
gatA50 gatA791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank X79837 EcoGene.org EG12414 EcoliWiki gatA - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Loss: D-arabitol resistance; Inducible, in constitutive strain: L-fucitol resistance, 2-deoxy-D-galactitol resistance. GenBank X79837, Nobelmann and Lengeler, unpub.
- References:
- Reiner, A.M. 1977. Xylitol and D-arabitol toxicities due to derepressed fructose, galactitol, and sorbitol phosphotransferases of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 132:166-173
- Boos, W., I. Steinacher, D. Engelhardt-Altendorf 1981. Mapping of the mglB, the structural gene of the galactose-binding protein of Escherichia coli. Mol.Gen.Genet. 184:508-518
- Delidakis, C.E., M.C. Jones-Mortimer, H.L. Kornberg 1982. A mutant inducible for galactitol utilization in Escherichia coli K12. J.Gen.Microbiol. 128:601-604
- Josephsen, J., K. Hammer-Jespersen, T.D. Hansen 1983. Mapping of the gene for cytidine deaminase (cdd) in Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 154:72-75
- Link, C.D., A.M. Reiner 1983. Genotypic exclusion: a novel relationship between the ribitol-arabitol and galactitol genes of E. coli. Mol.Gen.Genet. 189:337-339
- Middendorf, A., H.P. Schweizer, J. Vreemann, W. Boos 1984. Mapping the markers in the his-gyrA region of Escherichia coli. Mol.Gen.Genet. 197:175-181
- Nobelmann, B., J.W. Lengeler 1996. Molecular analysis of the gat genes from Escherichia coli and of their roles in galactitol transport and metabolism. J.Bacteriol. 178:6790-6795