Site fabA
- Name: fabA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0954 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Fatty acid biosynthesis
- Left End Point: 21.88
- Right End Point: 21.89
- Products:
beta-hydroxydecanoylthioester dehydrase - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 5 Alleles of This Gene
fabA14(ts,NOTinSC) fabA18(ts) fabA2(ts) fabA203(p) fabA791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank J03186 EcoGene.org EG10273 EcoliWiki fabA - Comment:
- References:
- Cronan, J.E., E.P. Gelmann 1973. An estimate of the minimum amount of unsaturated fatty acid required for growth of Escherichia coli. J.Biol.Chem. 248:1188-1195
- Silbert, D.F., J.E. Cronan, I.R. Beacham, M.E. Harder 1974. Genetic engineering of membrane lipid. Fed.Proc. 33:1725-1732
- Cronan, J.E., W.-B. Li, R. Coleman, M. Narasimhan, D. de Mendoza, J.M. Schwab 1988. Derived amino acid sequence and identification of active site residues of Escherichia coli beta-hydroxydecanoyl thioester dehydrase. J.Biol.Chem. 263:4641-4646