Site selA
- Name: selA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3591 MG1655 locus tag fdhA - Mnemonic: Selenium
- Left End Point: 80.99
- Right End Point: 81.02
- Products:
formate dehydrogenase activity selenocysteine synthase - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
selA775(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank M64177 EcoGene.org EG10941 EcoliWiki selA - Comment:
- formate dehydrogenase is a selenium-containing protein. Selenium metabolism; biosynthesis or incorporation of selenocysteine.
- References:
- Leinfelder, W., K. Forchhammer, F. Zinoni, G. Sawers, M.A. Mandrand-Berthelot, A. Bock 1988. Escherichia coli genes whose products are involved in selenium metabolism. J.Bacteriol. 170:540-546
- Sawers, G., J. Heider, E. Zehelein, A. Bock 1991. Expression and operon structure of the sel genes of Escherichia coli and identification of a third selenium-containing formate dehydrogenase isoenzyme. J.Bacteriol. 173:4983-4993
- Forchhammer, K., W. Leinfelder, K. Boesmiller, B. Veprek, A. Bock 1991. Selenocysteine synthase from Escherichia coli. Nucleotide sequence of the gene (selA) and purification of the protein. J.Biol.Chem. 266:6318-6323

