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Site prmB

• Name: prmB
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b2330	MG1655 locus tag
  yfcB

  
  
• Mnemonic: posttranslational ribosomal protein modification/m
• Left End Point: 52.71
• Right End Point: 52.73
  Products:

  methylation of 50s subunit L3

  L3 methyltransferase

  
  
• Direction: <
• Priority: 1
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  prmB738(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG12449
  EcoliWiki	prmB

  
  
• Comment:
• References:
  • Colson, C., J. Lhoest, C. Urlings 1979. Genetics of ribosomal protein methylation in Escherichia coli. III. Map position of two genes prmA and prmB, governing methylation of proteins L11 and L3. Mol.Gen.Genet. 169:245-250
  
  
  • Heurgue-Hamard, V., S. Champ, A. Engstrom, M. Ehrenberg, R.H. Buckingham 2002. The hemK gene in Escherichia coli encodes the N(5)-glutamine methyltransferase that modifies peptide release factors. EMBO J. 21:769-778