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Site mepA

• Name: mepA
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b2328	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: murein peptidase
• Left End Point: 52.67
• Right End Point: 52.69
  Products:

  murein DD-Endopeptidase

  
  
• Direction: <
• Priority: 1
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  mepA736(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG10580
  EcoliWiki	mepA

  
  
• Comment:
• References:
  • Iida, K., Y. Hirota, U. Schwarz 1983. Mutants of Escherichia coli defective in penicillin-insensitive murein DD-endopeptidase. Mol.Gen.Genet. 189:215-221
  
  
  • Keck, W., A.M. van Leeuwen, M. Huber-Wunderlich, E.W. Goodell 1990. Cloning and characterization of mepA, the structural gene of the penicillin-insensitive murein endopeptidase from Escherichia coli. Mol.Microbiol. 4:209-219