Site zwf
- Name: zwf
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1852 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Zwischenferment
- Left End Point: 41.66
- Right End Point: 41.70
- Products:
glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment member of soxRS regulon - Priority: 1
- 4 Alleles of This Gene
zwf-1 zwf-2 zwf-777(del)::kan zwf-791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank M55005 NCBI/GenBank X63694 EcoGene.org EG11221 EcoliWiki zwf - Comment:
- References:
- Fraenkel, D.G., Parola 1972. "Up-promoter" mutations of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase in Escherichia coli. J.Mol.Biol. 71:107-111
- Rowley, D.L., R.E. Wolf 1991. Molecular characterization of the Escherichia coli K-12 zwf gene encoding glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase. J.Bacteriol. 173:968-977
- Conway, T., K.C. Yi, S.E. Egan, R.E. Wolf, D.L. Rowley 1991. Locations of the zwf, edd and eda genes on the Escherichia coli physical map. J.Bacteriol. 173:5247-5248
- Fawcett, W.P., R.E. Wolf 1995. Genetic definition of the Escherichia coli zwf "Soxbox," the DNA binding site for SoxS-mediated induction of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase in response to superoxide. J.Bacteriol. 177:1742-1750
- Griffith, K.L., R.E. Wolf 2001. Systematic mutagenesis of the DNA binding sites for SoxS in the Escherichia coli zwf and fpr promoters: identifying nucleotides required for DNA binding and transcription activation. Molecular Microbiology 40:1141-1154