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Site selB
- Name: selB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3590 MG1655 locus tag fdhA - Mnemonic: Selenium
- Left End Point: 80.95
- Right End Point: 80.99
- Products:
special elongation factor SelB promoting selenocysteine incorporation - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
selB300(del)::kan selB774(del)::kan selB791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank X16644 EcoGene.org EG10942 EcoliWiki selB - Comment:
- selenium metabolism; biosynthesis or incorporation of selenocysteine
- References:
- Leinfelder, W., K. Forchhammer, F. Zinoni, G. Sawers, M.A. Mandrand-Berthelot, A. Bock 1988. Escherichia coli genes whose products are involved in selenium metabolism. J.Bacteriol. 170:540-546
- Forchhammer, K., K.P. Rucknagel, A. Bock 1990. Purification and biochemical characterization of SELB, a translation factor involved in selenoprotein synthesis. J.Biol.Chem. 265:9346-9350
- Sawers, G., J. Heider, E. Zehelein, A. Bock 1991. Expression and operon structure of the sel genes of Escherichia coli and identification of a third selenium-containing formate dehydrogenase isoenzyme. J.Bacteriol. 173:4983-4993
- Huttenhofer, A., A. Bock 1998. Selenocysteine inserting RNA elements modulate GTP hydrolysis of elongation factor SelB. Biochemistry 37:885-890