Site dacA
- Name: dacA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0632 MG1655 locus tag pbp pfv - Mnemonic: D-alanine carboxypeptidase
- Left End Point: 14.27
- Right End Point: 14.30
- Products:
D-Alanine carboxypeptidase IA; penicillin-binding protein 5 PBP 5 D-Alanine:D-alanine carboxypeptidase, fractionA - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
dacA1191(ts) dacA771(del)::kan dacA791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10201 EcoliWiki dacA - Comment:
- Deletion of {\it dacA} suppresses block in cell division caused by mutation of {\it ftsK}.
- References:
- Matsuhashi, M., I.N. Maruyama, Y. Takagaki, S. Tamaki, Y. Nishimura, Y. Hirota 1978. Isolation of a mutant of Escherichia coli lacking penicillin-sensitive D-alanine carboxypeptidase IA. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 75:2631-2635
- Matsuhashi, M., S. Tamaki, S.J. Curtis, J.L. Strominger 1979. Mutational evidence for identity of penicillin-binding protein 5 in Escherichia coli with the major D-alanine carboxypeptidase IA activity. J.Bacteriol. 137:644-647
- Spratt, B.G., A. Boyd, N.G. Stoker 1980. Defective and plaque-forming lambda transducing bacteriophage carrying penicillin-binding protein-cell shape genes: genetic and physical mapping and identification of gene products from the lip-dacA-rodA-pbpA-l
- Nishimura, Y., H. Suzuki, Y. Hirota, J.T. Park 1980. A mutant of Escherichia coli defective in penicillin-binding protein 5 and lacking D-alanine carboxypeptidase IA. J.Bacteriol. 143:531-534
- Stoker, N.G., J.K. Broome-Smith, A. Edelman, B.G. Spratt 1983. Organization and subcloning of the dacA-rodA-pbpA cluster of cell shape genes in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 155:847-853
- Park, W., I. Takase, S. Tamaki, I.-J. Jin, F. Ishino, M. Matsuhashi 1985. Cloning of the gene of Escherichia coli mutant penicillin-binding protein 5 that has no penicillin-releasing activity. Agric.Biol.Chem. 49:881-883
- Broome-Smith, J.K., I. Ioannidis, A. Edelman, B.G. Spratt 1988. Nucleotide sequences of the penicillin-binding protein 5 and 6 genes of Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Res. 16:1617