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Site argD
- Name: argD
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
Arg1 argG b3359 MG1655 locus tag dapC Ledwidge and Blanchard showed identity - Mnemonic: Arginine
- Left End Point: 75.16
- Right End Point: 75.18
- Products:
acetylornithine aminotransferase - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment auxotrophy-amino acid NULL - Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
argD37 argD767(del)::kan argD85 - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank M32796 EcoGene.org EG10066 EcoliWiki argD - Comment:
- Selectable Pheno. Partial loss, in proA-, proB-: growth without proline. Loss, in car-: growth on acetylornithine & uracil.
- References:
- Berg, C.M., J.J. Rossi 1974. Proline excretion and indirect suppression in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. J.Bacteriol. 118:928-939
- Crabeel, M., D. Charlier, R. Cunin, A. Bogen, N. Glansdorff, A. Pierard 1975. Accumulation of arginine precursors in Escherichia coli: effects on growth, enzyme repression, and application to the forward selection of arginine auxotrophs. J.Bacteriol.
- Kelln, R.A., G.A. O'Donovan 1976. Isolation and partial characteristics of an argR mutant of Salmonella typhimurium. J.Bacteriol. 128:528-535
- Riley, M., N. Glansdorff 1983. Cloning the Escherichia coli K-12argD gene specifying acetylornithine 8-transaminase. Gene 24:335-339
- Ledwidge, R., J.S. Blanchard 1999. The dual biosynthetic capability of N-acetylornithine aminotransferase in arginine and lysine biosynthesis. Biochemistry 38:3019-3024