Site fepB
- Name: fepB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0592 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: ferrienterobactin permease
- Left End Point: 13.42
- Right End Point: 13.45
- Products:
periplasmic comp. ferrienterobactin transport system - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
fepB730(del)::kan fepB791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank M29730 EcoGene.org EG10294 EcoliWiki fepB - Comment:
- Ferric enterobactin (enterochelin, FeEnt) uptake; periplasmic component. In fepB-entC bidir.promoter region, both fepB operator and entC operator bind Fur repressor
- References:
- Wookey, P., H. Rosenberg 1978. Involvement of inner and outer membrane components in the transport of iron and in colicin B action in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 133:661-666
- Braun, V., R. Gross, W. Koster, L. Zimmerman 1983. Plasmid and chromosomal mutants in the iron (III)-aerobactin transport system of Escherichia coli. Mol.Gen.Genet. 192:131-139
- Pierce, J.R., C.L. Pickett, C.F. Earhart 1983. Two fep genes are required for ferrienterochelin uptake in Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 155:330-336
- Pierce, J.R., C.F. Earhart 1986. Escherichia coli K-12 envelope proteins specifically required for ferrienterobactin uptake. J.Bacteriol. 166:930-936
- Ozenberger, B.A., M.S. Nahlik, M.A. McIntosh 1987. Genetic organization of multiple fep genes encoding ferric enterobactin transport functions in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 169:3638-3646
- Brickman, T.J., B.A. Ozenberger, M.A. McIntosh 1990. Regulation of divergent transcription from the iron-responsive fepB-entC promoter-operator regions in Escherichia coli. J.Mol.Biol. 212:669-682
- Shea, C.M., M.A. McIntosh 1991. Nucleotide sequence and genetic organization of the ferric enterobactin transport system: homology to other periplasmic binding protein-dependent systems in Escherichia coli. Mol.Microbiol. 5:1415-28
- Stephens, D.L., M.D. Choe, C.F. Earhart 1995. Escherichia coli periplasmic protein FepB binds ferrienterobactin. Microbiology 141:1647-0