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Site mppA

• Name: mppA
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b1329	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: murein peptide permease
• Left End Point: 29.99
• Right End Point: 30.02
  Products:

  L-alanyl-gamma-D-glutamyl-meso-diaminopimelate permease

  murein tripeptide permease

  
  
• Direction: >
• Priority: 0
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  mppA767(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG13376
  EcoliWiki	mppA

  
  
• Comment:
  • DAP-requiring, will not grow on media containing cell wall murein tripeptide
• References:
  • Park, J.T., D. Raychaudhuri, H. Li, S. Normark, D. Mengin-Lecreulx 1998. MppA, a periplasmic binding protein essential for import of the bacterial cell wall peptide L-alanyl-gamma-D-glutamyl-meso-diaminopimelate. J.Bacteriol. 180:1215-1223