Site ksgA
- Name: ksgA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0051 MG1655 locus tag rsmA - Mnemonic: Kasugamycin
- Left End Point: 1.11
- Right End Point: 1.13
- Products:
S-adenosylmethionine-6-N',N'-adenosyl (rRNA) dimethyltransferase - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment member of complex surA-apaH; ksgA-apaH operon codon overlap pdxA stop codon overlaps ksgA start bu 2 nucleotides - Priority: 1
- 6 Alleles of This Gene
ksgA19 ksgA2 ksgA23 ksgA4 ksgA40 ksgA733(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10523 EcoliWiki ksgA - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. kasugamycin resistance
- References:
- Helser, T.L., J.E. Davies, J.E. Dahlberg 1971. Mechanism of kasugamycin resistance in Escherichia coli. Nature New Biol. 235:6-9
- Andresson, O.S., J.E. Davies 1980. Some properties of the ribosomal RNA methyltransferase encoded by ksgA and the polarity of ksgA transcription. Mol.Gen.Genet. 179:217-222
- Andresson, O.S., J.E. Davies 1980. Genetic organization and restriction enzyme cleavage map of the ksgA-pdxA region of the Escherichia coli chromosome. Mol.Gen.Genet. 179:211-216
- Andresson, O.S., J.E. Davies 1980. Isolation and characterization of lambda transducing phages for the E. coli genes ksgA and pdxA. Mol.Gen.Genet. 179:201-209
- van Buul, C.P.J.J., P.H. van Knippenberg 1985. Nucleotide sequence of the ksgA gene of Escherichia coli: comparison of methyltransferases effecting dimethylation of adenosine in ribosomal RNA. Gene 38:65-72
- Blanchin-Roland, S., S. Blanquet, J.M. Schmitter, G. Fayet 1986. The gene for Escherichia coli diadenosine tetraphosphatase is located immediately clockwise to folA and forms an operon with ksgA. Mol.Gen.Genet. 205:515-522