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Site nmpC(qsr')
- Name: nmpC(qsr')
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0553 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: New membrane protein
- Left End Point: 12.39
- Right End Point: 12.42
- Products:
porin - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
nmpC(qsr')-103 - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10659 EcoliWiki nmpC(qsr') - Comment:
- Wildtype K-12 does not express NmpC porin because it has an IS5 near 3' end of coding region. nmpC mutant expresses it and has excised the IS5. WT transcribed but no stable pool of mRNA
- References:
- Highton, P.J., Y.-Y. Chang, W.R. Marcotte, C.A. Schnaitman 1985. Evidence that the outer membrane porin protein gene nmpC of Escherichia coli K-12 lies within the defective qsr' prophage. J.Bacteriol. 162:256-262
- Blasband, A.J., W.R. Marcotte, C.A. Schnaitman 1986. Structure of the lc and nmpC outer membrane porin protein genes of lambdoid bacteriophage. J.Biol.Chem. 261:12723-12732
- Blasband, A.J. 1987. Regulation in Escherichia coli of the porin protein gene encoded by lambdoid bacteriophages. J.Bacteriol. 169:2171-2176
- Coll, J.L., M. Heyde, R. Portalier 1994. Expression of the nmpC gene of Escherichia coli K-12 is modulated by external pH. Identification of cis-acting regulatory sequences involved in this regulation. Mol.Microbiol. 12:83-93