Site fimA
- Name: fimA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b4314 MG1655 locus tag fimD pilA - Mnemonic: Fimbriae
- Left End Point: 97.88
- Right End Point: 97.89
- Products:
fimbrin type 1, major structural subunit pilin type 1 - Direction: >
- Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
fimA782(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank X03923 EcoGene.org EG10308 EcoliWiki fimA - Comment:
- type 1 fimbrin (pilin), structural gene. Transcription controlled by cis-acting switch that controls phase variation with inversion of the element. Inv. req. fimB or fimE
- References:
- Freitag, C.S., B.I. Eisenstein 1983. Genetic mapping and transcriptional orientation of the fimD gene. J.Bacteriol. 156:1052-1058
- Klemm, P. 1984. The fimA gene encoding the type 1 fimbrial subunit of Escherichia coli: nucleotide sequence and primary structure of the protein. Eur.J.Biochem. 143:395-399
- Abraham, J.M., C.S. Freitag, J.R. Clements, B.I. Eisenstein 1985. An invertible element of DNA controls phase variation of type 1 fimbriae of Escherichia coli. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 82:5724-5727
- Orndorff, P.E., S. Falkow 1985. Nucleotide sequence of pilA, the gene encoding the structural componenet of type 1 pili in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 162:454-457
- Klemm, P., B.J. Jorgensen, I. van Die, H. de Ree, H. Bergmans 1985. The fim genes responsible for synthesis of type 1 fimbriae in Escherichia coli, cloning and genetic organization. Mol.Gen.Genet. 199:410-414
- Freitag, C.S., J.M. Abraham, J.R. Clements, B.I. Eisenstein 1985. Genetic analysis of the phase variation control of expression of type 1 fimbriae in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 162:668-675
- Spears, P.A., D. Schauer, P.E. Orndorff 1986. Metastable regulation of type 1 piliation in Escherichia coli and isolation and characterization of a phenotypically stable mutant. J.Bacteriol. 168:179-185
- Eisenstein, B.I., D.S. Sweet, V. Vaughn, D.I. Friedman 1987. Integration host factor is required for the DNA inversion that controls phase variation in Escherichia coli. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 84:6506-6510
- Hanson, M.S., C.C. Brinton 1988. Identification and characterization of Escherichia coli type 1 pilus tip adhesion protein. Nature 332:265-268