Site sspA
- Name: sspA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3229 MG1655 locus tag pog - Mnemonic: stringent starvation protein
- Left End Point: 72.74
- Right End Point: 72.75
- Products:
stringent starvation protein - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment stress response NULL regulatory gene NULL - Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
sspA757(del)::kan sspA791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10977 EcoliWiki sspA - Comment:
- References:
- Fukuda, R., R. Yano, T. Fukui, T. Hase, A. Ishihama, H. Matsubara 1985. Cloning of the Escherichia coli gene for the stringent starvation protein. Mol.Gen.Genet. 201:151-157
- Serizawa, H., R. Fukuda 1987. Structure of the gene for the stringent starvation protein of Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Res. 15:1153-1163
- Fukuda, R., A. Nishimura, H. Serizawa, R. Fukuda 1988. Genetic mapping of the Escherichia coli gene for the stringent starvation protein and its dispensability for normal cell growth. Mol.Gen.Genet. 211:515-519
- Williams, MD, TX Ouyang, MC Flickinger 1994. Starvation-induced expression of SspA and SspB: the effects of a null mutation in sspA on Escherichia coli protein synthesis and survival during growth and prolonged starvation. Mol. Microbiol. 11(6):1029-43.
- Shankar, S., D. Schlictman, A.M. Chakrabarty 1995. Regulation of nucleoside diphosphate kinase and an alternative kinase in Escherichia coli: role of the sspA and rnk genes in nucleoside triphosphate formation. Mol.Microbiol. 17:935-943