Site metN
- Name: metN
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
abc authors below, 1993, 1998 b0199 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Methionine
- Left End Point: 4.78
- Right End Point: 4.80
- Products:
ABC transporter for Met - Direction: >
- Priority: 0
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
metN558::FLKP2(lacZ,kan,Plac) metN724(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank L08626 EcoGene.org EG11621 EcoliWiki metN - Comment:
- ATP-binding cassette, an counterclockwise orf encoding a single ATP-binding domain, homol. to ftsE and several E.coli permeases. For ABC transporter families see Linton and Higgins.
- References:
- Allikmets, R., B. Gerrard, D.L. Court, M. Dean 1993. Cloning and organization of the abc and mdl genes of Escherichia coli: relationship to eukaryotic multidrug resistance. Gene 136:231-236
- Linton, K.J., C.F. Higgins 1998. The Escherichia coli ATP-binding cassette (ABC) proteins. Mol.Microbiol. 28:5-13
- Merlin, C, G Gardiner, S Durand, M Masters 2002. The Escherichia coli metD locus encodes an ABC transporter which includes Abc (MetN), YaeE (MetI), and YaeC (MetQ). J. Bacteriol. 184(19):5513-7.