Site trkH
- Name: trkH
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3849 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: transport K+
- Left End Point: 86.88
- Right End Point: 86.91
- Products:
potassium transport membrane protein subunit - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment encodes membrane protein involved in binding of TrkA to memb. transport gene K+ - Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
trkH789(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11021 EcoliWiki trkH - Comment:
- require elevated K+ for growth. component of major constitutive K+ transport system
- References:
- Bossemeyer, D., A. Borchard, D.C. Dosch, G.L. Helmer, W. Epstein, I.R. Booth, E.P. Bakker 1989. K+-transport protein TrkA of Escherichia coli is a peripheral membrane protein that requires other trk gene products for attachment to the cytoplasmic membr
- Dosch, D.C., G.L. Helmer, S.H. Sutton, F.F. Salvacion, W. Epstein 1991. Genetic analysis of potassium transport loci in Escherichia coli: evidence for three constitutive systems mediating uptake of potassium. J.Bacteriol. 173:687-696
- Epstein, W., E. Buurman, D. McLaggan, J. Naprstek 1993. Multiple mechanisms, roles and controls of K+ transport in Escherichia coli. Biochem.Soc.Trans. 21:1006-1010
- Schlosser, A., M. Meldorf, S. Stumpe, E.P. Bakker, W. Epstein 1995. TrkH and its homolog, TrkG, determine the specificity and kinetics of cation transport by the Trk system of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 177:1908-1910
- Harms, C., Y. Domoto, C. Celik, E. Rahe, S. Stumpe, R. Schmid, T. Nakamura, E.P. Bakker 2001. Identification the ABC protein SapD as the subunit that confers ATP dependence to the K+-uptake systems Trk(H) and Trk(G) from Escherichia coli K-12. Microbio