Site betA
- Name: betA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0311 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Betaine
- Left End Point: 7.00
- Right End Point: 7.04
- Products:
choline dehydrogenase - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
betA753(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10109 EcoliWiki betA - Comment:
- References:
- Styrvold, O.B., P. Falkenberg, B. Landfald, M.W. Eshoo, T. Bjornsen, A.R. Strom 1986. Selection, mapping, and characterization of osmoregulatory mutants of Escherichia coli blocked in the choline-glycine betaine pathway. J.Bacteriol. 165:856-863
- Andresen, P.A., I. Kaasen, O.B. Styrvold, G. Boulnois, A.R. Strom 1988. Molecular cloning, physical mapping and expression of the bet genes governing the osmoregulatory choline-glycine betaine pathway of Escherichia coli. J.Gen.Microbiol. 134:1737-1746
- Lamark, T., I. Kaasen, M.W. Eshoo, P. Falkenberg, J. McDougall, A.R. Strom 1991. DNA sequence and analysis of the bet genes encoding the osmoregulatory choline-glycine betaine pathway of Escherichia coli. Mol.Microbiol. 5:1049-1064
- Boyd, L.A., L. Adam, L. Pelcher, A. McHughen, R. Hirji, G. Selvaraj 1991. Characterization of an Escherichia coli gene encoding betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (BADH): structural similarity to mammalian ALDHs and a plant BADH. Gene 103:45-52

