Site trmA
- Name: trmA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3965 MG1655 locus tag rT Baumstark et al. - Mnemonic: tRNA methyltransferase
- Left End Point: 89.67
- Right End Point: 89.69
- Products:
tRNA (uracil-5)-methyltransferase ribothymidine synthesis - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 4 Alleles of This Gene
trmA14 trmA5 trmA753(del)::kan trmA791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank M57568 EcoGene.org EG11022 EcoliWiki trmA - Comment:
- References:
- Baumstark, B.R., L.L. Spremulli, U.L. RajBhandary, G.M. Brown 1977. Initiation of protein synthesis without formylation in a mutant of Escherichia coli that grows in the absence of tetrahydrofolate. J.Bacteriol. 129:457-471
- Ny, T., G.R. Bjork 1980. Cloning and restriction mapping of the trmA gene coding for transfer ribonucleic acid (5-methyluridine)methyltransferase in Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 142:371-379
- Lindstrom, P.H.R., D. Stuber, G.R. Bjork 1985. Genetic organization and transcription from the gene (trmA) responsible for synthesis of tRNA (uracil-5)-methyltransferase by Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 164:1117-1123
- Gustafsson, C., P.H.R. Lindstrom, T.G. Hagervall, K.B. Esberg, G.R. Bjork 1991. The trmA promoter has regulatory features and sequence elements in common with the rRNA P1 promoter family of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 173:1757-1764
- Persson, B.C., C. Gustafsson, D.E. Berg, G.R. Bjork 1992. The gene for a tRNA modifying enzyme, m5U54-methyltransferase, is essential for viability in Escherichia coli. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 89:3995-3998