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Site metJ
- Name: metJ
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3938 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Methionine
- Left End Point: 88.93
- Right End Point: 88.94
- Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 4 Alleles of This Gene
metJ107 metJ725(del)::kan metJ793-YFP(::cat) metJ97(ethR) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10588 EcoliWiki metJ - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Methionine sulfoximine + a-methylmethionine resistance; glutamyl-gamma-methyl ester resistance; ethionine resistance.
- References:
- Kadner, R.J. 1977. Transport and utilization of D-methionine and other methionine sources in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 129:207-216
- Kraus, J., D. Soll, K.B. Low 1979. Glutamyl-gamma-methyl ester acts as a methionine analogue in Escherichia coli: analogue resistant mutants map at the metJ and metK loci. Genet.Res. 33:49-55
- Krueger, J.H., J.R. Johnson, R.C. Greene, M. Dresser 1981. Structural studies of lambda transducing bacteriophage carrying bacterial deoxyribonucleic acid from the metBJLF region of the Escherichia coli chromosome. J.Bacteriol. 147:612-621
- Greene, R.C., J.H. Krueger, J.R. Johnson 1982. Localization of the metJBLF gene cluster of Escherichia coli in LAMmet transducing phage. Mol.Gen.Genet. 187:401-404
- Zakin, M.M., R.C. Greene, A. Dautry-Varsat, N. Duchange, P. Ferrara, M.-C. Py, D. Margarita, G.N. Cohen 1982. Construction and physical mapping of plasmids containing the metJBLF gene cluster of Escherichia coli K12. Mol.Gen.Genet. 187:101-106
- Smith, A.A., R.C. Greene 1984. Cloning of the methionine regulatory gene, metJ, of Escherichia coli K12 and identification of its product. J.Biol.Chem. 259:14279-14281
- Saint-Girons, I., N. Duchange, G.N. Cohen, M.M. Zakin 1984. Structure and autoregulation of the metJ regulatory gene in Escherichia coli. J.Biol.Chem. 259:14282-14285
- Liljestrand-Golden, C.A., J.R. Johnson 1984. Physical organization of the metJB component of the Escherichia coli K-12 metJBLF gene cluster. J.Bacteriol. 157:413-419
- Kirby, T.W., B.R. Hindenach, R.C. Greene 1986. Regulation of in vivo transcription of the Escherichia coli K-12 metJBLF gene cluster. J.Bacteriol. 165:671-677