Site chbF
- Name: chbF
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1734 MG1655 locus tag celF Kricker and Hall - Mnemonic: chitobiose
- Left End Point: 39.13
- Right End Point: 39.16
- Products:
phospho-beta-glucosidase phospho-chitobiose (N-N'-diacetylchitobiose utilizing) - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
chbF733(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10144 EcoliWiki chbF - Comment:
- References:
- Kricker, M., B.G. Hall 1984. Directed evolution of cellobiose utilization in Escherichia coli K12. Mol.Biol.Evol. 1:171-182
- Hall, B.G., W. Faunce 1987. Functional genes for cellobiose utilization in natural isolates of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 169:2713-2717
- Kricker, M., B.G. Hall 1987. Biochemical genetics of the cryptic gene system for cellobiose utilization in Escherichia coli K12. Genetics 115:419-429
- Parker, L.L., B.G. Hall 1990. Characterization and nucleotide sequence of the cryptic cel operon of E. coli K12. Genetics 124:455-471
- Keyhani, N.O., S. Roseman 1997. Wild-type Escherichia coli grows on the chitin disaccharide, N,N'-diacetylchitobiose, by expressing the cel operon. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 94:14367-14371
- Thompson, J., S.B. Ruvinov, D.I. Freedberg, B.G. Hall 1999. Cellobiose-6-phosphate hydrolase (CelF) of Escherichia coli: characterization and assignment to the unusual family 4 of glycosylhydrolases. J.Bacteriol. 181:7339-7345