Site modE
- Name: modE
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0761 MG1655 locus tag modR Walkenhorst et al. - Mnemonic: molybdenum
- Left End Point: 17.10
- Right End Point: 17.11
- Products:
repressor of mod (molybdate transport operon) - Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
modE733(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG13227 EcoliWiki modE - Comment:
- sensor of molybdate concentration and regulator of operons involved in uptake
- References:
- Walkenhorst, H.M., S.K. Hemschemeier, R. Eichenlaub 1995. Molecular analysis of the molybdate uptake operon, modABCD, of Escherichia coli and modR, a regulatory gene. Microbiol.Res. 150:347-361
- Grunden, A.M., R.M. Ray, J.K. Rosentel, F.G. Healy, K.T. Shanmugam 1996. Repression of the Escherichia coli modABCD (molybdate transport) operon by ModE. J.Bacteriol. 178:735-744
- McNicholas, P.M., R.C. Chiang, R.P. Gunsalus 1996. The Escherichia coli modE gene: effect of modE mutations on molybdate dependent modA expression. FEMS Microbiol.Lett. 145:117-123
- McNicholas, P.M., R.C. Chiang, R.P. Gunsalus 1998. Anaerobic regulation of the Escherichia coli dmsABC operon requires the molybdate-responsive regulator ModE. Mol.Microbiol. 27:197-208
- Self, W.T., A.M. Grunden, A. Hasona, K.T. Shanmugam 2001. Molybdate transport. Res.Microbiol. 152:311-321