Site efeB
- Name: efeB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1019 MG1655 locus tag ycdB temp.name, EcoGene - Mnemonic: Elemental FErrous iron Uptake
- Left End Point: 23.33
- Right End Point: 23.36
- Products:
subunit of inactive EfeUOB, low-pH ferrous Iron transporter, cryptic due to mutation in efeU' - Direction: >
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
efeB765(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11735 EcoliWiki efeB - Comment:
- acid-induced, CpxAR-regulated, inactive EfeUOB due to efeU' mutation. Fur-dependent, low-Fe-inducible, periplasmic
- References:
- Sturm, A., A. Schierhorn, U. Lindenstrauss, H. Lilie, T. Bruser 2006. YcdB from Escherichia coli reveals a novel class of Tat-dependently translocated hemoproteins. J.Biol.Chem. 281:13972-13978
- Grosse, C., J. Scherer, D. Koch, M. Otto, N. Taudte, G. Grass 2006. A new ferrous iron-uptake transporter, EfeU (YcdN), from Escherichia coli. Mol.Microbiol. 62:120-131
- Cao, J., M.R. Woodhall, A. J, M.L. Cartron, S.C. Andrews 2007. EfeUOB (YcdNOB) is a tripartite, acid-induced and CpxAR-regulated, low-pH Fe2+ transporter that is cryptic in Escherichia coli K-12 but functional in E.coli O157:H7. Mol.Microbiol. 65:857-8