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Site chbB

• Name: chbB
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b1738	MG1655 locus tag
  celA	Parker and Hall.

  
  
• Mnemonic: chitobiose
• Left End Point: 39.22
• Right End Point: 39.22
  Products:

  IICChb

  phosphotransferase system enzyme IIC(Chb), original indication IIcel

  
  
• Direction: <
• Priority: 0
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  chbB737(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG10140
  EcoliWiki	chbB

  
  
• Comment:
• References:
  • Parker, L.L., B.G. Hall 1990. Characterization and nucleotide sequence of the cryptic cel operon of E. coli K12. Genetics 124:455-471
  
  
  • Reizer, J., A. Reizer, M.H. Saier 1990. The cellobiose permease of Escherichia coli consists of three proteins and is homologous to the lactose permease of Staphylococcus aureus. Res.Microbiol. 141:1061-1067
  
  
  • Keyhani, N.O., S. Roseman 1997. Wild-type Escherichia coli grows on the chitin disaccharide, N,N'-diacetylchitobiose, by expressing the cel operon. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 94:14367-14371