Site rfbX
- Name: rfbX
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2037 MG1655 locus tag wzxB - Mnemonic: rough
- Left End Point: 45.40
- Right End Point: 45.43
- Products:
hydrophobic protein involved in O-antigen assembly - Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
rfbX735(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11980 EcoliWiki rfbX - Comment:
- rfBM and K genes are part of rfb cluster in O9, not K12. Jayaratne et al. JB 176:3126, 1994.
- References:
- Klena, J.D., C.A. Schnaitman 1993. Function of the rfb gene cluster and rfe gene in the synthesis of O antigen by Shigella dysenteriae 1. Mol.Microbiol. 9:393-402
- Yao, Z., M.A. Valvano 1994. Genetic analysis of the O-specific lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis region (rfb) of Escherichia coli K-12 W3110: identification of genes that confer group 6 specificity to Shigella flexneri serotypes Y and 4a. J.Bacteriol. 17