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Site cho

• Name: cho
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b1741	MG1655 locus tag
  ydjQ

  
  
• Mnemonic: UvrC homologue
• Left End Point: 39.26
• Right End Point: 39.28
  Products:

  excision repair endonuclease

  
  
• Direction: >
• Properties:

  Property	Comment
  SOS-inducible	Induced by DNA damage.

  
  
• Priority: 0
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  cho-739(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG13993
  EcoliWiki	cho

  
  
• Comment:
  • Encodes excision repair component efficient in the incision of substrates poorly incised by UvrC.
• References:
  • Moolenaar, G.F., S. van Rossum-Fikkert, M. van Kesteren, N. Goosen 2002. Cho, a second endonuclease involved in Escherichia coli nucleotide excision repair. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 99:1467-1472