Site cxm
- Name: cxm
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
cxr - Mnemonic: carbon-xylose metabolism
- Left End Point: 6.26
- Right End Point: 6.28
- Products:
methyl glyoxal synthesis - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoliWiki cxm - Comment:
- Selectable Phenotype. Loss: D-xylose + cAMP resistance.
- References:
- Ackerman, R.S., N.R. Cozzarelli, W. Epstein 1974. Accumulation of toxic concentrations of methylglyoxal by wild-type Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 119:357-362
- Saadat, D., D.H. Harrison 1998. Identification of catalytic bases in the active site of Escherichia coli methylglyoxal synthase: cloning, expression, and functional characterization of conserved aspartic acid residues. Biochemistry 37:10074-10086