Site argB
- Name: argB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3959 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Arginine
- Left End Point: 89.53
- Right End Point: 89.55
- Products:
acetylglutamate kinase - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment auxotrophy-amino acid NULL - Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
argB62 argB746(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10064 EcoliWiki argB - Comment:
- Selectable Pheno. Constitutive, in his-: growth on ornithine + N-acetylhistidine. Loss, in car-: growth on acetylornithine & uracil.
- References:
- 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.
- Baumberg, S. 1976. Genetic control of arginine metabolism in prokaryotes. In K.D. MacDonald, ed., Academic Press, London. Second Intl.Symp.Genet.Indust.Microorganisms 1:369-389
- Crabeel, M., D. Charlier, R. Cunin, N. Glansdorff 1979. Cloning and endonuclease restriction analysis of argF and of the control region of the argECBH biopolar operon in Escherichia coli. Gene 5:207-231
- Moran, M.C., A.J. Mazaitis, R.H. Vogel, A.D. David 1979. Clustered arg genes on a Bam HI segment of the Escherichia coli chromosome. Gene 8:25-34
- Parsot, C., A. Boyen, G.N. Cohen, N. Glansdorff 1988. Nucleotide sequence of Escherichia coli argB and argC genes: comparison of N-acetylglutamate kinase and N-acetylglutamate-gamma-semialdehyde dehydrogenase with homologous and analogous enzymes. Gene