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Site caiE

• Name: caiE
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b0035	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: carnitine inducible
• Left End Point: 0.75
• Right End Point: 0.76
• Direction: <
• Priority: 0
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  caiE748(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG12608
  EcoliWiki	caiE

  
  
• Comment:
  • involved in synthesis of a cofactor for carnitine pathway enzymes
• References:
  • Eichler, K., F. Bourgis, A. Buchet, H.-P. Kleber, M.A. Mandrand-Berthelot 1994. Molecular characterization of the cai operon necessary for carnitine metabolism in Escherichia coli. Mol.Microbiol. 13:775-786
  
  
  • Buchet, A., K. Eichler, M.A. Mandrand-Berthelot 1998. Regulation of the carnitine pathway in Escherichia coli: investigation of the cai-fix divergent promoter region. J.Bacteriol. 180:2599-2608