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Site chaA
- Name: chaA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1216 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Ca++/H+ antiporter
- Left End Point: 27.38
- Right End Point: 27.40
- Products:
Ca++/H+ antiporter - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment transport gene NULL - Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
chaA727(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11753 EcoliWiki chaA - Comment:
- also efflux of sodium ions at pH above 8.
- References:
- Ivey, D.M., A.A. Guffanti, J. Zemsky, E. Pinner, R. Karpel, E. Padan, S. Schuldiner, T.A. Krulwich 1993. Cloning and characterization of a putative Ca2+/H+ antiporter gene from Escherichia coli upon functional complementation of Na+/H+ antiporter-defic
- Padan, E., S. Schuldiner 1993. Na+/H+ antiporters, molecular devices that couple the Na+ and H+ circulation in cells. J.Bioenerg.Biomembr. 25:647-669
- Ohyama, T., K. Igarashi, H. Kobayashi 1994. Physiological role of the chaA gene in sodium and calcium circulations at a high pH in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 176:4311-4315
- Sakuma, T., N. Yamada, H. Saito, T. Kakegawa, H. Kobayashi 1998. pH dependence of the function of sodium ion extrusion systems in Escherichia coli. Biochim.Biophys.Acta 1363:231-237