Site narJ
- Name: narJ
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1226 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: nitrate reductase, nitrate regulation
- Left End Point: 27.69
- Right End Point: 27.70
- Products:
nitrate reductase, major, delta subunit chaperone required for nitrate reductase biogenesis - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment encodes membrane protein NULL encodes chaperone molecule NULL - Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
narJ737(del)::kan narJ793-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10641 EcoliWiki narJ - Comment:
- References:
- Sodergren, E.J., J.A. DeMoss 1988. narI region of the Escherichia coli nitrate reductase (nar) operon contains two genes. J.Bacteriol. 170:1721-1729
- Sodergren, E.J., P.Y. Hsu, J.A. DeMoss 1988. Roles of the narJ and narI gene products in the expression of nitrate reductase in Escherichia coli. J.Biol.Chem. 263:16156-16162
- Blasco, F., C. Iobbi, G. Giordano, M. Chippaux, V. Bonnefoy 1989. Nitrate reductase of Escherichia coli: completion of the nucleotide sequence of the nar operon and reassessment of the role of the alpha and beta subunits in iron binding and electron tr
- Leonardo, MR, DP Clark 1991. Locations of genes in the nar-adhE region of the Escherichia coli K-12 chromosome. J. Bacteriol. 173(5):1574-5.
- Dubourdieu, M., J.A. DeMoss 1992. The narJ gene product is required for biogenesis of respiratory nitrate reductase in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 174:867-872
- Palmer, T., C.L. Santini, C. Iobbi-Nivol, D.J. Eaves, D.H. Boxer, G. Giordano 1996. Involvement of the narJ and mob gene products in distinct steps in the biosynthesis of the molybdoenzyme nitrate reductase in Escherichia coli. Mol.Microbiol. 20:875-88
- Liu, X., J.A. DeMoss 1997. Characterization of NarJ, a system-specific chaperone required for nitrate reductase biogenesis in Escherichia coli. J.Biol.Chem. 272:24266-24271