Site pabA
- Name: pabA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3360 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: para-Aminobenzoate
- Left End Point: 75.18
- Right End Point: 75.19
- Products:
aminodeoxychorismate (ADC) synthase subunit - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
pabA1 pabA2 pabA768(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank M32354 EcoGene.org EG10682 EcoliWiki pabA - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Constitutive: sulfonamide resistance. paba biosynthesis
- References:
- Kaplan, J.B., B. Nichols 1983. Nucleotide sequence of Escherichia coli pabA and its evolutionary relationship to trp(G)D. J.Mol.Biol. 168:451-468
- Bruce, I., J. Hardy, K.A. Stacey 1984. Potentiation by purines of the growth-inhibitory effects of sulphonamides on Escherichia coli K-12 and the location of the gene which mediates this effect. J.Gen.Microbiol. 130:2489-2495
- Tran, P.V., T.A. Bannor, S.Z. Doktor, B.P. Nichols 1990. Chromosomal organization and expression of Escherichia coli pabA. J.Bacteriol. 172:397-410
- Viswanathan, V.K., J.M. Green, B.P. Nichols 1995. Kinetic characterization of 4-amino 4-deoxychorismate synthase from Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 177:5918-5923