Site sulA
- Name: sulA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0958 MG1655 locus tag sfiA Huisman and D'Ari reference - Mnemonic: suppressor of lon
- Left End Point: 21.98
- Right End Point: 21.99
- Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment lexA regulon NULL SOS-related NULL - Priority: 1
- 11 Alleles of This Gene
sulA1 sulA211 sulA2111 sulA22 sulA24 sulA27 sulA28 sulA3 sulA366 sulA773(del)::kan sulA791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10984 EcoliWiki sulA - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Loss, in lon: UV irradiation, methyl methanesulfonate resistance; nitrofurantoin resistance.
- References:
- Gayda, R.C., L.T. Yamamoto, A. Markovitz 1976. Second-site mutations in capR (lon) strains of Escherichia coli K-12 that prevent radiation sensitivity and allow bacteriophage lambda to lysogenize. J.Bacteriol. 127:1208-1216
- Johnson, B.F. 1977. Fine structure mapping and properties of mutations suppressing the lon mutation in Escherichia coli K-12 and B strains. Genet.Res. 30:273-286
- Huisman, O., R. D'Ari 1981. An inducible DNA replication-cell division coupling mechanism in E. coli. Nature 290:797-799
- Cole, S.T. 1983. Characterization of the promoter for the lexA regulated sulA gene of Escherichia coli. Mol.Gen.Genet. 189:400-404
- Mizusawa, S., D.L. Court, S. Gottesman 1983. Transcription of the sulA gene and expression by lexA. J.Mol.Biol. 171:337-343
- Lutkenhaus, J., B. Sanjanwala, M. Lowe 1986. Overproduction of FtsZ suppresses sensitivity of lon mutants to division inhibition. J.Bacteriol. 166:756-762
- Jaffe, A., R. D'Ari, V.J. Norris 1986. SOS-independent coupling between DNA replication and cell division in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 165:66-71
- Mukherjee, A., C. Cao, J. Lutkenhaus 1998. Inhibition of FtsZ polymerization by SulA, an inhibitor of septation in Escherichia coli. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 95:2885-2890