Site rrmJ
- Name: rrmJ
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3179 MG1655 locus tag ftsJ Tomoyasu et al for filamentous, cell div. gene upstream of ftsH mrsF - Mnemonic: ribosomal RNA modification
- Left End Point: 71.67
- Right End Point: 71.68
- Products:
23S rRNA m2'O-U2552 methyltransferase - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment affects cell division/growth NULL heat-inducible NULL - Priority: 0
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
rrmJ786(del)::kan rrmJ791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11507 EcoliWiki rrmJ - Comment:
- mutant suppressed by ObgE, EngA. Discovered as a gene affecting cell div. upstream of ftsH, with deletion causing filament formation (Tomoyasu et al.)
- References:
- Ogura, T., T. Tomoyasu, T. Yuki, S. Morimura, K.J. Begg, W.D. Donachie, H. Mori, H. Niki, S. Hiraga 1991. Structure and function of the ftsH gene in Escherichia coli. Res.Microbiol. 142:279-282
- Tomoyasu, T., T. Yuki, S. Morimura, H. Mori, K. Yamanaka, H. Niki, S. Hiraga, T. Ogura 1993. The Escherichia coli FtsH protein is a prokaryotic member of a protein family of putative ATPases involved in membrane functions, cell cycle control, and gene
- Tan, J, U Jakob, JC Bardwell 2002. Overexpression of two different GTPases rescues a null mutation in a heat-induced rRNA methyltransferase. J. Bacteriol. 184(10):2692-8.