Site ppc
- Name: ppc
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
asp b3956 MG1655 locus tag glu - Mnemonic: Phosphoenolpyruvate
- Left End Point: 89.41
- Right End Point: 89.47
- Products:
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 6 Alleles of This Gene
ppc-1 ppc-2 ppc-3 ppc-5::kan ppc-742(del)::kan ppc-791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10756 EcoliWiki ppc - Comment:
- cannot use glucose as C & E source. Can use glucose & glutamate originally called glu, for glutamate then called glu, for glucose, by Glansdorff. Can grow on succinate.
- References:
- Moran, M.C., A.J. Mazaitis, R.H. Vogel, A.D. David 1979. Clustered arg genes on a Bam HI segment of the Escherichia coli chromosome. Gene 8:25-34
- Fujita, N., T. Miwa, S. Ishijima, K. Izui, H. Katsuki 1984. The primary structure of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase of Escherichia coli. Nucleotide sequence of the ppc gene and deduced amino acid sequence. J.Biochem.(Tokyo) 95:909-916
- Sabe, H., T. Miwa, T. Kodaki, K. Izui, S. Hiraga, H. Katsuki 1984. Molecular cloning of the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene, ppc, of Escherichia coli. Gene 31:279-283