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Site pncB

• Name: pncB
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b0931	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: Pyridine nucleotide cycle
• Left End Point: 21.31
• Right End Point: 21.33
  Products:

  nicotinate phosphoribosyltransferase

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

  pncB747(del)::kan

  pncB792-YFP(::cat)

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  NCBI/GenBank	J05568
  EcoGene.org	EG10742
  EcoliWiki	pncB

  
  
• Comment:
  • Selectable phenotype. Loss: 6-aminonicotinamide, 6-aminonicotinic acid resistance.
• References:
  • Lemmon, R.D., J.J. Rowe, G. Tritz 1980. Isolation and characterization of mutants of Escherichia coli defective in pyridine nucleotide cycle enzymes. Curr.Microbiol. 4:31-35