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Site hupA
- Name: hupA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b4000 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: HU-protein (histone-like)
- Left End Point: 90.49
- Right End Point: 90.49
- Products:
HU-2, histone-like protein - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment transcription factor gene member of type 2 family, HU, IHF and subtilis phage SPO1's TF - Priority: 0
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
hupA771(del)::kan hupA791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10466 EcoliWiki hupA - Comment:
- References:
- Laine, B., D. Kmiecik, P. Sautiere, G. Biserte, M. Cohen-Solal 1980. Complete amino-acid sequences of DNA-binding proteins HU-1 and HU-2 from Escherichia coli. Eur.J.Biochem. 103:447-461
- Kano, Y., K. Osato, M. Wada, F. Imamoto 1987. Cloning and sequencing of the HU-2 gene of Escherichia coli. Mol.Gen.Genet. 209:408-410
- Kano, Y., M. Wada, F. Imamoto 1988. Genetic characterization of the gene hupA encoding the HU-2 protein of Escherichia coli. Gene 69:331-335
- Kohno, K., M. Wada, Y. Kano, F. Imamoto 1990. Promoters and autogenous control of the Escherichia coli hupA and hupB genes. J.Mol.Biol. 213:27-36
- Bonnefoy, E., J. Rouviere-Yaniv 1992. HU, the major histone-like protein of E.coli, modulates the binding of IHF to oriC. EMBO J. 11:4489-4496
- Jaffe, A., D. Vinella, R. D'Ari 1997. The Escherichia coli histone-like protein HU affects DNA initiation, chromosome partitioning via MukB, and cell division via MinCDE. J.Bacteriol. 179:3494-3499
- Polaczek, P., K. Kwan, J.L. Campbell 1998. Unwinding of the Escherichia coli origin of replication (oriC) can occur in the absence of initiation proteins but is stabilized by DnaA and histone-like proteins IHF or HU. Plasmid 39:77-83