Site metD
- Name: metD
- Type: Operon
- Mnemonic: Methionine
- Left End Point: 4.74
- Right End Point: 4.77
- SubSites:
metQ metI metN - Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
metD-88 - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Loss: a-methylmethionine, methionine sulfoximine resistance. Probable operon.
- References:
- Kadner, R.J. 1977. Transport and utilization of D-methionine and other methionine sources in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 129:207-216
- Merlin, C, G Gardiner, S Durand, M Masters 2002. The Escherichia coli metD locus encodes an ABC transporter which includes Abc (MetN), YaeE (MetI), and YaeC (MetQ). J. Bacteriol. 184(19):5513-7.