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- Name: lolA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0891 MG1655 locus tag lplA - Mnemonic: localization OM lipoproteins
- Left End Point: 20.19
- Right End Point: 20.20
- Products:
outer membrane lipoprotein carrier protein, periplasmic OMP-carrier protein -- chaperone for LPP to OMP - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment encodes chaperone molecule periplasmic chaperone transporting lipoproteins to OMP - Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
lolA791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG12684 EcoliWiki lolA - Comment:
- encodes periplasmic protein responsible for sorting and transporting lipoproteins to outer membrane--periplasmic chaperone. See receptor LolB.
- References:
- Matsuyama, S., T. Tajima, H. Tokuda 1995. A novel periplasmic carrier protein involved in the sorting and transport of Escherichia coli lipoproteins destined for the outer membrane. EMBO J. 14:3365-3372
- Matsuyama, S., N. Yokota, H. Tokuda 1997. A novel outer membrane lipoprotein, LolB (HemM), involved in the LolA (p20)-dependent localization of lipoproteins to the outer membrane of Escherichia coli. EMBO J. 16:6947-6955
- Yokota, N., T. Kuroda, S. Matsuyama, H. Tokuda 1999. Characterization of the LolA-LolB system as the general lipoprotein localization mechanism of Escherichia coli. J.Biol.Chem. 274:30995-30999
- Chen, M.H., S. Takeda, H. Yamada, Y. Ishii, T. Yamashino, T. Mizuno 2001. Characterization of the RcsC-->YojN-->RcsB phosphorelay signaling pathway involved in capsular synthesis in Escherichia coli. Biosci.Biotechnol.Biochem. 65:2364-2367