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Site bglG
- Name: bglG
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3723 MG1655 locus tag bglC old bglS pre-'90 - Mnemonic: beta-Glucoside
- Left End Point: 84.14
- Right End Point: 84.16
- Products:
positive regulatory RNA-binding protein - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment positive regulatory gene Sequence-specific RNA-binding protein. regulatory gene suppresses termination; activ.regul.by phosphorylation. - Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
bglG4 bglG754(del)::kan bglG791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10116 EcoliWiki bglG - Comment:
- Name changed on 1990 map. bglC used to be first-transcribed gene of operon AND beta-glucoside transport gene. First gene now characterized as pos. regulatory gene and 2nd gene (now bglF) bGTransport
- References:
- Reynolds, A.E., J. Felton, A. Wright 1981. Insertion of DNA activates the cryptic bgl operon in E. coli K12. Nature 293:625-629
- Reynolds, A.E., S. Mahadevan, S.F.J. LeGrice, A. Wright 1984. Enhancement of bacterial gene expression by insertion elements or by mutation in a CAP-cAMP binding site. J.Mol.Biol. 191:85-95
- Mahadevan, S., A.E. Reynolds, A. Wright 1987. Positive and negative regulation of the bgl operon in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 169:2570-2578
- Schnetz, K., C. Toloczyki, B. Rak 1987. B-Glucoside (bgl) operon of Escherichia coli K-12: nucleotide sequence, genetic organization, and possible evolutionary relationship to regulatory components of two Bacillus subtilis genes. J.Bacteriol. 169:2579
- Houman, F., M.R. Diaz-Torres, A. Wright 1990. Transcriptional antitermination in the bgl operon of E. coli is modulated by specific RNA binding protein. Cell 62:1153-1163
- Singh, J., M. Mukerji, S. Mahadevan 1995. Transcriptional activation of the Escherichia coli bgl operon: negative regulation by DNA structural elements near the promoter. Mol.Microbiol. 17:1085-92
- Hall, B.G. 1998. Activation of the bgl operon by adaptive mutation. Mol.Biol.Evol. 15:1-5
- Ueguchi, C., T. Ohta, C. Seto, T. Suzuki, T. Mizuno 1998. The leuO gene product has a latent ability to relieve bgl silencing in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 180:190-193
- Chen, Q., P.W. Postma, O. Amster-Choder 2000. Dephosphorylation of the Escherichia coli transcriptional antiterminator BglG by the sugar sensor BglF is the reversal of its phosphorylation. J.Bacteriol. 182:2033-2036
- Dole, S., S. Kuhn, K. Schnetz 2002. Post-transcriptional enhancement of Escherichia coli bgl operon silencing by limitation of BglG-mediated antitermination at low transcription rates. Molecular Microbiology 43:217-226