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Site glnL

• Name: glnL
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b3869	MG1655 locus tag
  GlnC ph	failure of NH3 to reduce expression of Gln Syn'ase, histidase, etc. operons
  glnR
  ntrB

  
  
• Mnemonic: Glutamine
• Left End Point: 87.36
• Right End Point: 87.38
  Products:

  kinase/phosphatase nitrogen regulator II

  NtrB

  NR_II, NtrB

  
  
• Direction: <
• Properties:

  Property	Comment
  encodes bifunctional protein	kinase/phosphatase

  
  
• Priority: 1
  3 Alleles of This Gene

  glnL2001(del)

  glnL731(del)::kan

  glnL794-YFP(::cat)

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG10387
  EcoliWiki	glnL

  
  
• Comment:
• References:
  • McFarland, N., L. McCarter, S. Artz, S. Kustu 1981. Nitrogen regulatory locus "glnR" of enteric bacteria is composed of cistrons ntrB and ntrC: identification of their protein products. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 78:2135-2139
  
  
  • Backman, K., Y.-M. Chen, B. Magasanik 1981. Physical and genetic characterization of the glnA-glnG region of the Escherichia coli chromosome. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 78:3743-3747
  
  
  • MacNeil, T., D. MacNeil, B. Tyler 1982. Fine-structure deletion map and complementation analysis of the glnA-glnL-glnG region in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 150:1302-1313
  
  
  • Chen, Y.-M., K. Backman, B. Magasanik 1982. Characterization of a gene, glnL, the product of which is involved in the regulation of nitrogen utilization in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 150:214-220
  
  
  • Pahel, G., D.M. Rothstein, B. Magasanik 1982. Complex glnA-glnL-glG operon of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 150:202-213
  
  
  • McFarland, N., L. McCarter, S. Artz, S. Kustu 1982. Characterization of lambda glnA+ phages used as templates for in vitro synthesis of glutamine synthetase. Mol.Gen.Genet. 185:152-157
  
  
  • MacNeil, T., G.P. Roberts, D. MacNeil, B. Tyler 1982. The products of glnL and glnG are bifunctional regulatory proteins. Mol.Gen.Genet. 188:325-333
  
  
  • Ueno-Nishio, S., S. Mango, L.J. Reitzer, B. Magasanik 1984. Identification and regulation of the glnL operator-promoter of the complex glnALG operon of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 160:379-384
  
  
  • Rocha, M., M. Vazquez, A. Garciarrubio, A. Covarrubias 1985. Nucleotide sequence of the glnA-glnL intercistronic region of Escherichia coli. Gene 37:91-99
  
  
  • Reitzer, L.J., B. Magasanik 1985. Expression of glnA in Escherichia coli is regulated at tandem promoters. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 82:1979-1983
  
  
  • Nohno, T., T. Saito, J.-S. Hong 1986. Cloning and complete nucleotide sequence of the Escherichia coli glutamine permease operon (glnHPQ). Mol.Gen.Genet. 205:260-269
  
  
  • Miranda-Rios, J., R. Sanchez-Pescador, M. Urdea, A. Covarrubias 1987. The complete nucleotide sequence of the glnALG operon of Escherichia coli K12. Nucleic Acids Res. 15:2757-2770
  
  
  • Magasanik, B. 1989. Regulation of transcription of the glnALG operon of Escherichia coli by protein phosphorylation. Biochimie 71:1005-1012
  
  
  • Atkinson, M.R., A.J. Ninfa 1993. Mutational analysis of the bacterial signal-transducing protein kinase/phosphatase nitrogen regulator II (NRII or NtrB). J.Bacteriol. 175:7016-7023