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Site ggt
- Name: ggt
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3447 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: gamma glutamyl transpeptidase
- Left End Point: 77.23
- Right End Point: 77.26
- Products:
gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
ggt-777(del)::kan ggt-791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank M28722 EcoGene.org EG10374 EcoliWiki ggt - Comment:
- single reading frame encodes signal peptide and large and small subunit as single precursor polypeptide. Neither subu. has significant activity alone.
- References:
- Suzuki, H., H. Kumagai, T. Tochikura 1987. Isolation, genetic mapping and characterization of Escherichia coli K-12 mutants lacking gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase. J.Bacteriol. 169:3926-3931
- Suzuki, H., H. Kumagai, T. Echigo, T. Tochikura 1988. Molecular cloning of Escherichia coli K-12 ggt and rapid isolation of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase. Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. 150:33-38
- Suzuki, H., H. Kumagai, T. Echigo, T. Tochikura 1989. DNA sequence of the Escherichia coli K-12 gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase gene, ggt. J.Bacteriol. 171:5169-5172
- Suzuki, H., W. Hashimoto, H. Kumagai 1993. Escherichia coli K-12 can utilize an exogenous gamma-glutamyl peptide as an amino acid source, for which gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase is essential. J.Bacteriol. 175:6038-6040
- Hashimoto, W., H. Suzuki, S. Nohara, H. Tachi, K. Yamamoto, H. Kumagai 1995. Subunit association of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase of Escherichia coli K-12. J.Biochem.(Tokyo) 118:1216-1223