Site rcsC
- Name: rcsC
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2218 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: regulation capsule (colanic acid) synthesis
- Left End Point: 49.90
- Right End Point: 49.96
- Products:
sensor kinase component - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment regulatory gene negative regulation of colanic acid biosynthesis two-component regulatory eleme NULL - Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
rcsC771(del)::kan rcsC792-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10822 EcoliWiki rcsC - Comment:
- Negative regulatory gene for capsule synthesis. controls sliminess.
- References:
- Gottesman, S., P. Trisler, A.S. Torres-Cabassa 1985. Regulation of capsular polysaccharide synthesis in Escherichia coli K-12: characterization of three regulatory genes. J.Bacteriol. 162:1111-1119
- Brill, J.A., C. Quinlan-Walshe, S. Gottesman 1988. Fine-structure mapping and identification of two regulators of capsule synthesis in Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 170:2599-2611
- Stout, V., S. Gottesman 1990. RcsB and RcsC: a two-component regulator of capsule synthesis in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 172:659-669
- Sharma, B., T.M. Hill 1992. TerF, the sixth identified replication arrest site in Escherichia coli, is located within the rcsC gene. J.Bacteriol. 174:7854-7858
- Kelley, W.L., C. Georgopoulos 1997. Positive control of the two-component RcsC/B signal transduction network by DjIA: a member of the DnaJ family of molecular chaperones in Escherichia coli. Mol.Microbiol. 25:913-931
- Mukhopadhyay, S., H.E. Schellhorn 1997. Identification and characterization of hydrogen peroxide-sensitive mutants of Escherichia coli: genes that require OxyR for expression. J.Bacteriol. 179:330-338
- Chen, M.H., S. Takeda, H. Yamada, Y. Ishii, T. Yamashino, T. Mizuno 2001. Characterization of the RcsC-->YojN-->RcsB phosphorelay signaling pathway involved in capsular synthesis in Escherichia coli. Biosci.Biotechnol.Biochem. 65:2364-2367