Site efeO
- Name: efeO
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1018 MG1655 locus tag ycdO temp.name, EcoGene - Mnemonic: Elemental FErrous iron Uptake
- Left End Point: 23.31
- Right End Point: 23.33
- Products:
subunit of inactive EfeUOB, low-pH ferrous Iron transporter, cryptic due to mutation in efeU' - Direction: >
- Priority: 0
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
efeO764(del)::kan efeO791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG13861 EcoliWiki efeO - Comment:
- acid-induced, CpxAR-regulated, inaactive EfeUOB due to efeU' mutation. Fur-dependent, low-Fe-inducible, periplasmic
- References:
- 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