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Site prpD
- Name: prpD
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
acnC Gruer et al., based on aconitase activity in AcnAB- strains b0334 MG1655 locus tag yahT - Mnemonic: propionate
- Left End Point: 7.55
- Right End Point: 7.59
- Products:
2-methylcitrate dehydratase, PrpD - Direction: >
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
prpD775(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG13603 EcoliWiki prpD - Comment:
- In AcnAB- strain, AcnC shows residual aconitase activity.
- References:
- Gruer, M.J., A.J. Bradbury, J.R. Guest 1997. Construction and properties of aconitase mutants of Escherichia coli. Microbiology 143:1837-1846
- Textor, S., V.F. Wendisch, A.A. De Graaf, U. Muller, M.I. Linder, D. Linder, W. Buckel 1997. Propionate oxidation in Escherichia coli: evidence for operation of a methylcitrate cycle in bacteria. Arch.Microbiol. 168:428-436
- Blank, L., J. Green, J.R. Guest 2002. AcnC of Escherichia coli is a 2-methylcitrate dehydratase (PrpD) that can use citrate and isocitrate as substrates. Microbiology 148:133-146