Site arcB
- Name: arcB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3210 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Aerobic pathways control
- Left End Point: 72.17
- Right End Point: 72.22
- Products:
sensor component of 2-component ArcBA sensor-regulator system - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment 2-compon.signal transd.gene NULL regulatory gene phosphorylates and activates arcA - Priority: 0
- 4 Alleles of This Gene
arcB40(del-ins)::cat arcB41(del-ins,::FRT) arcB738(del)::kan arcB791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank X53315 NCBI/GenBank M90703 EcoGene.org EG10062 EcoliWiki arcB - Comment:
- thought to be histidine kinase that phosphorylates and activates ArcA in response to anoxia.
- References:
- Iuchi, S., D.C. Cameron, E.C. Lin 1989. A second global regulator gene (arcB) mediating repression of enzymes in aerobic pathways of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 171:868-873
- Iuchi, S., Z. Matsuda, T. Fujiwara, E.C. Lin 1990. The arcB gene of Escherichia coli encodes a sensor-regulator protein for anaerobic repression of the arc modulon. Mol.Microbiol. 4:715-727
- Sawers, G., B. Suppmann 1992. Anaerobic induction of pyruvate formate-lyase gene expression is mediated by the ArcA and FNR proteins. J.Bacteriol. 174:3474-3478
- Iuchi, S., E.C.C. Lin 1992. Purification and phosphorylation of the Arc regulatory components of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 174:5617-5623
- Chattopadhyay, S., Y. Wu, P. Datta 1997. Involvement of Fnr and ArcA in anaerobic expression of the tdc operon of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 179:4868-4873
- Ogino, T., M. Matsubara, N. Kato, Y. Nakamura, T. Mizuno 1998. An Escherichia coli protein that exhibits phosphohistidine phosphatase activity towards the HPt domain of the ArcB sensor involved in the multistep His-Asp phosphorelay. Mol.Microbiol. 27:5