Site galU
- Name: galU
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1236 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Galactose
- Left End Point: 27.82
- Right End Point: 27.84
- Products:
glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase UDPG pyrophosphorylase UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase - Direction: >
- Priority: 1
- 8 Alleles of This Gene
galU106 galU43 galU50 galU51 galU536 galU65 galU745(del)::kan galU95 - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11319 EcoliWiki galU - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Loss: ampicillin resistance; phage P1 resistance; phage U3 resistance; Felix O phage resistance.
- References:
- Shapiro, J.A. 1966. Chromosomal location of the gene determining uridine diphosphoglucose formation in Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 92:518-520
- Franklin, N.C. 1969. Mutation in galU gene of E. coli blocks phage P1 infection. Virology 38:189-191
- Guest, J.R. 1969. Biochemical and genetic studies with nitrate reductase C-gene mutants of Escherichia coli. Mol.Gen.Genet. 105:285-297
- Watson, G., K. Paigen 1971. Isolation and characterization of an Escherichia coli bacteriophage requiring cell wall galactose. J.Virology 8:669-674
- Eriksson-Grennberg, K.G., K. Nordstrom, P. Englund 1971. Resistance of Escherichia coli to penicillins. IX. Genetics and physiology of Class II ampicillin-resistant mutants that are galactose negative or sensitive to Bacteriophage C21, or both. J.Bact
- Weissborn, A.C., Q. Liu, M.K. Rumley, E.P. Kennedy 1994. UTP:alpha-D-glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase of Escherichia coli: Isolation and DNA sequence of the galU gene and purification of the enzyme. J.Bacteriol. 176:2611-2618