Site plsB
- Name: plsB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b4041 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Phospholipid synthesis
- Left End Point: 91.65
- Right End Point: 91.70
- Products:
glycerolphosphate acyltransferase - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment encodes membrane protein NULL - Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
plsB13 plsB26 plsB791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank K00127 EcoGene.org EG10740 EcoliWiki plsB - Comment:
- References:
- Cronan, J.E., R.M. Bell 1974. Mutants of Escherichia coli defective in membrane phospholipid synthesis: mapping of sn-glycerol 3-phosphate acyltransferase Km mutants. J.Bacteriol. 120:227-2333
- Lightner, V.A., T.J. Larson, P. Tailleur, G.D. Kantor, C.H.R. Raetz, R.M. Bell, P. Modrich 1980. Membrane phospholipid synthesis in Escherichia coli. Cloning of a structural gene (plsB) of the sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase. J.Biol.Chem. 255:
- Lightner, V.A., R.M. Bell, P. Modrich 1983. The DNA sequences encoding plsB and dgk loci of Escherichia coli. J.Biol.Chem. 258:10856-10861
- Larson, T.J., D.N. Ludtke, R.M. Bell, S. Jackowski 1984. sn-Glycerol-3-phosphate auxotrophy of plsB strains of Escherichia coli: evidence that a second mutation, plsX, is required. J.Bacteriol. 160:711-717
- Heath, R.J., C.O. Rock 1998. A conserved histidine is essential for glycerolipid acyltransferase catalysis. J.Bacteriol. 180:1425-1430