Site upp
- Name: upp
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2498 MG1655 locus tag uraP - Mnemonic: uracil PRTase
- Left End Point: 56.44
- Right End Point: 56.45
- Products:
uracil phosphoribosyltransferase - Direction: >
- Priority: 1
- 8 Alleles of This Gene
upp-1 upp-11 upp-12 upp-30 upp-31 upp-32 upp-33 upp-746(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11332 EcoliWiki upp - Comment:
- References:
- Hammer-Jespersen, K., A. Munch-Petersen 1973. Mutants of Escherichia coli unable to metabolize cytidine: isolation and characterization. Mol.Gen.Genet. 126:177-186
- Andersen, P.S., J.M. Smith, B. Mygind 1992. Characterization of the upp gene encoding uracil phosphoribosyltransferase of Escherichia coli K12. Eur.J.Biochem. 204:51-56
- Tu, A.H., C.L. Turnbough 1997. Regulation of upp expression in Escherichia coli by UTP-sensitive selection of transcriptional start sites coupled with UTP-dependent reiterative transcription [published erratum appears in J.Bacteriol. 1997 Dec;179(24):7