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Site valX

• Name: valX
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b2402	MG1655 locus tag
  valU-beta

  
  
• Mnemonic: Valine
• Left End Point: 54.30
• Right End Point: 54.30
  Products:

  valine tRNA1

  
  
• Direction: >
• Properties:

  Property	Comment
  duplicate gene	tandemly triplicate

  
  
• Priority: 0
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG30113
  EcoliWiki	valX

  
  
• Comment:
  • tandemly triplicated gene with valU, valY
• References:
  • Brun, Y.V., R. Breton, P. Lanouette, J. LaPointe 1990. Precise mapping and comparison of two evolutionarily related regions of the Escherichia coli K-12 chromosome. Evolution of valU and lysT from an ancestral tRNA operon. J.Mol.Biol. 214:825-843
  
  
  • O'Connor, M., R.F. Gesteland, J.F. Atkins 1990. Sequence of E.coli K12 valU operon which contains 3 genes for tRNA(Val1) and 1 gene for tRNA(Lys). Nucleic Acids Res. 18:672