Site metR
- Name: metR
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3828 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Methionine
- Left End Point: 86.43
- Right End Point: 86.45
- Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment autogenously regulated NULL positive regulatory gene NULL - Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
metR773(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank M37630 EcoGene.org EG10591 EcoliWiki metR - Comment:
- Regulatory gene for metE and metH
- References:
- Urbanowski, M.L., L.T. Stauffer, L.S. Plamann, G.V. Stauffer 1987. A new methionine locus, metR, that encodes a trans-acting protein required for activation of metE and metH in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. J.Bacteriol. 169:1391-1397
- Maxon, M.E., B. Redfield, X.Y. Cai, R. Shoeman, K. Fujita, W. Fisher, Stauffer, H. Weissbach, N. Brot 1989. Regulation of methionine synthesis in Escherichia coli: effect of the MetR protein on the expression of the metE and metR genes. Proc.Natl.Acad.
- Cai, X.Y., M.E. Maxon, B. Redfield, R. Glass, N. Brot, H. Weissbach 1989. Methionine synthesis in Escherichia coli: effect of the MetR protein on metE and metH expression. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 86:4407-4411
- Daniels, D.L., G. Plunkett, V.D. Burland, F.R. Blattner 1992. Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome: DNA sequence of the region from 84.5 to 86.5 minutes. Science 257:771-778