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Site tauD
- Name: tauD
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0368 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: taurine
- Left End Point: 8.34
- Right End Point: 8.36
- Products:
taurine dioxygenase, a non-heme ferrous oxygenase - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment utilization of taurine as S source - Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
tauD736(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG12423 EcoliWiki tauD - Comment:
- Produces a non-heme Fe++ oxygenase that releases sulfite from tuarine.
- References:
- van der Ploeg, J.R., M.A. Weiss, E. Saller, H. Nashimoto, N. Saito, M.X. Kertesz, T. Leisinger 1996. Identification of sulfate starvation-regulated genes in Escherichia coli: a gene cluster involved in the utilization of taurine as a sulfur source. J.B
- Eichhorn, E., J.R. van der Ploeg, M.A. Kertesz, T. Leisinger 1997. Characterization of alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent taurine dioxygenase from Escherichia coli. J.Biol.Chem. 272:23031-23036
- van der Ploeg, J.R., R. Iwanicka-Nowicka, M.A. Kertesz, T. Leisinger, M.M. Hryniewicz 1997. Involvement of CysB and Cbl regulatory proteins in expression of the tauABCD operon and other sulfate starvation-inducible genes in Escherichia coli. J.Bacterio