Site otsA
- Name: otsA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1896 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: osmoregulatory trehalose synthesis
- Left End Point: 42.64
- Right End Point: 42.67
- Products:
trehalose phosphate synthase - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment stationary phase(rpoS) regulon NULL - Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
otsA747(del)::kan otsA791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11751 EcoliWiki otsA - Comment:
- production
- References:
- Giaever, H.M., O.B. Styrvold, I. Kassen, A.R. Strom 1988. Biochemical and genetic characterization of osmoregulatory trehalose synthesis in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 170:2841-2849
- Kaasen, I., P. Falkenberg, O.B. Styrvold, A.R. Strom 1992. Molecular cloning and physical mapping of the otsBA genes, which encode the osmoregulatory trehalose pathway of Escherichia coli: evidence that transcription is activated by katF (AppR). J.Bact
- Schellhorn, H.E., J.P. Audia, L.I. Wei, L. Chang 1998. Identification of conserved, RpoS-dependent stationary-phase genes of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 180:6283-6291
- Germer, J., A. Muffler, R. Hengge-Aronis 1998. Trehalose is not relevant for in vivo activity of sigmaS-containing RNA polymerase in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 180:1603-1606