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Site potF

• Name: potF
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b0854	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: putrescine-ornithine transporter
• Left End Point: 19.25
• Right End Point: 19.27
  Products:

  ABC transporter component

  
  
• Direction: >
• Properties:

  Property	Comment
  transport gene	putrescine transport

  
  
• Priority: 0
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  potF755(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG11629
  EcoliWiki	potF

  
  
• Comment:
  • appears to be putrescine-specific binding protein in periplasmic frx.
• References:
  • Pistocchi, R., K. Kashiwagi, S. Miyamoto, E. Nukui, H. Kobayashi, K. Igarashi 1993. Characteristics of the operon for a putrescine transport system that maps at 19 minutes on the Escherichia coli chromosome. J.Biol.Chem. 268:146-152