Site mobB
- Name: mobB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3856 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: molybdenum
- Left End Point: 87.05
- Right End Point: 87.06
- Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
mobB790(del)::kan mobB792-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11828 EcoliWiki mobB - Comment:
- encodes polypeptide with putative nucleotide binding site.
- References:
- Iobbi-Nivol, C., T. Palmer, P.W. Whitty, E. McNairn, D.H. Boxer 1995. The mob locus of Escherichia coli K12 required for molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis is expressed at very low levels. Microbiology 141:1663-1671
- Palmer, T., C.L. Santini, C. Iobbi-Nivol, D.J. Eaves, D.H. Boxer, G. Giordano 1996. Involvement of the narJ and mob gene products in distinct steps in the biosynthesis of the molybdoenzyme nitrate reductase in Escherichia coli. Mol.Microbiol. 20:875-88
- Rothery, R.A., A. Magalon, G. Giordano, B. Guigliarelli, F. Blasco, J.H. Weiner 1998. The molybdenum cofactor of Escherichia coli nitrate reductase A (NarGHI).Effect of a mobAB mutation and interactions with [Fe-S] clusters. J.Biol.Chem. 273:7462-7469