Site obgE
- Name: obgE
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3183 MG1655 locus tag cgtA obg yhbZ EcoGene - Mnemonic: Common GTP-binding protein
- Left End Point: 71.74
- Right End Point: 71.77
- Products:
DNA-binding GTPase, cell partitioning - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment essential gene NULL - Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
obgE791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG12795 EcoliWiki obgE - Comment:
- multicopy suppressor of rrmJ. Overproduction impairs regulation of some chromosomal functions.
- References:
- Kobayashi, G., S. Moriya, C. Wada 2001. Deficiency of essential GTP-binding protein ObgE in Escherichia coli inhibits chromosome partition. Mol.Microbiol. 41:1037-1051
- Tan, J, U Jakob, JC Bardwell 2002. Overexpression of two different GTPases rescues a null mutation in a heat-induced rRNA methyltransferase. J. Bacteriol. 184(10):2692-8.
- Dutkiewicz, R., M. Slomi?ska, G. Wegrzyn, A. Czyz 2002. Overexpression of the cgtA (yhbZ, obgE) gene, coding for an essential GTP-binding protein, impairs the regulation of chromosomal functions in Escherichia coli. Curr.Microbiol. 45:440-445