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Site folK

• Name: folK
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b0142	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: Folate
• Left End Point: 3.39
• Right End Point: 3.40
  Products:

  7,8-dihydro-6-hydroxymethylpterin-pyrophosphokinase

  dihydro-hydroxymethylpterin pyrophosphokinasefo

  6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydroxypterin pyrophosphokinase

  
  
• Direction: <
• Priority: 0
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  NCBI/GenBank	L06495
  EcoGene.org	EG11374
  EcoliWiki	folK

  
  
• Comment:
• References:
  • Talarico, T.L., P.H. Ray, I.K. Dev, B.M. Merrill, W.S. Dallas 1992. Cloning, sequence analysis, and overexpression of Escherichia coli folK, the gene coding for 7,8-dihydro-6-hydroxymethylpterin-pyrophosphokinase. J.Bacteriol. 174:5971-5977