Site rcsB
- Name: rcsB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2217 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: regulation capsule (colanic acid) synthesis
- Left End Point: 49.88
- Right End Point: 49.90
- Products:
Rcs regulator proteins (2) of cps genes - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment regulatory gene positive regulation of colanic acid biosynthesis two-component regulatory eleme NULL - Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
rcsB1320(del) rcsB770(del)::kan rcsB791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10821 EcoliWiki rcsB - Comment:
- Positive regulatory gene for capsule synthesis. When overexpressed, restores division mutant ftsZ84 on med sans salt. Pos.regulator of colanic acid biosynthesis. 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
- Stout, V., A.S. Torres-Cabassa, M.R. Maurizi, D. Gutnick, S. Gottesman 1991. RcsA, an unstable positive regulator of capsular polysaccharide synthesis. J.Bacteriol. 173:1738-1747
- Gervais, F.G., P. Phoenix, G.R. Drapeau 1992. The rcsB gene, a positive regulator of colanic acid biosynthesis in Escherichia coli, is also an activator of ftsZ expression. J.Bacteriol. 174:3964-3971
- Sledjeski, D.D., S. Gottesman 1996. Osmotic shock induction of capsule synthesis in Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 178:1204-1206
- Stout, V. 1996. Identification of the promoter region for the colanic acid polysaccharide biosynthetic genes in Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 178:4273-4280
- 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
- Wehland, M., F. Bernhard 2000. The RcsAB box.Characterization of a new operator essential for the regulation of exopolysaccharide biosynthesis in enteric bacteria. J.Biol.Chem. 275:7013-7020
- 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