Site fhuD
- Name: fhuD
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0152 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Ferric hydroxamate uptake
- Left End Point: 3.68
- Right End Point: 3.70
- Products:
periplasmic binding protein for ferric hydrox. transport - Direction: >
- Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
fhuD768(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank M12486 EcoGene.org EG10305 EcoliWiki fhuD - Comment:
- Hydroxamate-dependent iron uptake, cytoplasmic
- References:
- Braun, V., R. Gross, W. Koster, L. Zimmerman 1983. Plasmid and chromosomal mutants in the iron (III)-aerobactin transport system of Escherichia coli. Mol.Gen.Genet. 192:131-139
- Fecker, L., V. Braun 1983. Cloning and expression of the fhu genes involved in iron(III)-hydroxamate uptake by Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 156:1301-1314
- Coulton, J.W., P. Mason, D.D. Allatt 1987. fhuC and fhuD genes for iron (III)-ferrichrome transport into Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 169:3844-3849
- Burkhardt, R., V. Braun 1987. Nucleotide sequence of the fhuC and fhuD genes involved in iron (III) hydroxamate transport: domains in FhuC homologous to ATP-binding proteins. Mol.Gen.Genet. 209:49-55
- Rohrbach, M.R., V. Braun, W. Koster 1995. Ferrichrome transport in Escherichia coli K-12: altered substrate specificity of mutated periplasmic FhuD and interaction of FhuD with the integral membrane protein FhuB. J.Bacteriol. 177:7186-7193