Site mtr
- Name: mtr
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3161 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Methyltryptophan
- Left End Point: 71.18
- Right End Point: 71.21
- Products:
high-affinity Trp permease - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment member of tyrR regulon. TyrR ACTIVATES sigma 70 promoter - Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
mtr-24 mtr-25 mtr-773(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank M59862 EcoGene.org EG10617 EcoliWiki mtr - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Loss: 5-methyltryptophan resistance.
- References:
- Hiraga, S., K. Ito, S. Matsuyama, H. Ozeki, T. Yura 1968. 5-Methyltryptophan-resistant mutations linked with the arginine G marker in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 96:1880-1881
- Sarsero, J.P., P.J. Wookey, A.J. Pittard 1991. Regulation of expression of the Escherichia coli K-12 mtr gene by TyrR protein and Trp repressor. J.Bacteriol. 173:4133-4143
- Heatwole, V.M., R.L. Somerville 1991. The tryptophan-specific permease gene, mtr, is differentially regulated by the tryptophan and tyrosine repressors in Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 173:3601-3604
- Pogliano, J.A., J.R. Beckwith 1994. SecD and SecF facilitate protein export in Escherichia coli. EMBO J. 13:554-561