Site gadB
- Name: gadB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1493 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: glutamate deCase
- Left End Point: 33.81
- Right End Point: 33.84
- Products:
glutamate decarboxylase - Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
gadB786(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11490 EcoliWiki gadB - Comment:
- Encodes the beta isoform of glutamate decarboxylase. Like gadA, positively regulated by acid, salt, and stationary phase, involving GadX, RpoS, and H-NS.
- References:
- Smith, D.K., T. Kassam, B. Singh, J.F. Elliott 1992. Escherichia coli has two homologous glutamate decarboxylase genes that map to distinct loci. J.Bacteriol. 174:5820-5826
- De Biase, D., A. Tramonti, F. Bossa, P. Visca 1999. The response to stationary-phase stress conditions in Escherichia coli: role and regulation of the glutamic acid decarboxylase system. Mol.Microbiol. 32:1198-1211
- Tramonti, A., P. Visca, M. De Canio, M. Falconi, D. De Biase 2002. Functional characterization and regulation of gadX, a gene encoding an AraC/XylS-like transcriptional activator of the Escherichia coli glutamic acid decarboxylase system. J.Bacteriol.