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Site bacA

• Name: bacA
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b3057	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: bacitracin resistance
• Left End Point: 69.00
• Right End Point: 69.02
  Products:

  a lipid kinase

  
  
• Direction: <
• Priority: 0
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  bacA749(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG11665
  EcoliWiki	bacA

  
  
• Comment:
  • NEW post-'90. enhanced lipid kinase activity suggests that BacA may confer resistance by phosphorylation of undecaprenol
• References:
  • Cain, B., P.J. Norton, W. Eubanks, H.S. Nick, C.M. Allen 1993. Amplification of the bacA gene confers bacitracin resistance to Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 175:3784-3789