Site rfaQ
- Name: rfaQ
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3632 MG1655 locus tag waaQ - Mnemonic: Rough
- Left End Point: 82.01
- Right End Point: 82.03
- Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
rfaQ743(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11341 EcoliWiki rfaQ - Comment:
- RfaQ is probably involved in synthesis of the heptose region of the core. polstulated to be heptosyltransferase III
- References:
- Pilipcinec, E., T.T. Huisman, P.T. Willemsen, B.J. Appelmelk, F.K. Graaf 194. Identification by Tn10 transposon mutagenesis of host factors involved in the biosynthesis of K99 fimbriae of Escherichia coli: effect of LPS core mutations. FEMS Microbiol.L
- Schnaitman, C.A., C. Parker, J.D. Klena, E. Pradel, N.B. Pearson, K.E. Sanderson, P.R. MacLachlan 1991. Physical maps of the rfa loci of Escherichia coli K-12 and Salmonella typhimurium. J.Bacteriol. 173:7410-7411
- Pradel, E., C.A. Schnaitman 1991. Effect of rfaH (sfrB) and temperature on expression of rfa genes of Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 173:6428-6431
- Parker, C., E. Pradel, C.A. Schnaitman 1992. Identification and sequences of the lipopolysaccharide core biosynthetic genes rfaQ, rfaP,and rfaG of Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 174:930-934
- Roncero, C., M.J. Casadaban 1992. Genetic analysis of the genes involved in synthesis of the lipopolysaccharide core in Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 174:3250-3260
- Pradel, E., C. Parker, C.A. Schnaitman 1992. Structures of the rfaB, rfaI, rfaJ, and rfaS genes of Escherichia coli K-12 and their roles in assembly of the lipopolysaccharide core. J.Bacteriol. 174:4736-4745
- Parker, C., A.W. Kloser, C.A. Schnaitman, M.A. Stein, S. Gottesman, B.W. Gibson 1992. Role of the rfaG and rfaP genes in determining the lipopolysaccharide core structure and cell surface properties of Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 174:2525-2538
- Klena, J.D., R.S. Ashford, C.A. Schnaitman 1992. Role of Escherichia coli K-12 rfa genes and the rfp gene of Shigella dysenteriae 1 in generation of lipopolysaccharide core heterogeneity and attachment of O antigen. J.Bacteriol. 174:7297-7307
- Clementz, T. 1992. The gene coding for 3-deoxy-manno-octulosonic acid transferase and the rfaQ gene are transcribed from divergently arranged promoters in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 174:7750-7756
- Schnaitman, CA, JD Klena 1993. Genetics of lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in enteric bacteria. Microbiol. Rev. 57(3):655-82.
- Sofia, H.J., V.D. Burland, D.L. Daniels, G. Plunkett, F.R. Blattner 1994. Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome. V. DNA sequence of the region from 76.0 to 81.5 minutes. Nucleic Acids Res. 22:2576-2586
- Klena, J.D., C.A. Schnaitman 1994. Genes for TDP-rhamnose synthesis affect the pattern of lipopolysaccharide heterogeneity in Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 176:4003-4010