Site glgA
- Name: glgA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3429 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Glycogen
- Left End Point: 76.83
- Right End Point: 76.86
- Products:
glycogen synthase - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
glgA1 glgA762(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank J02616 EcoGene.org EG10377 EcoliWiki glgA - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Loss: indicator plate.
- References:
- Latil-Damotte, M., C. Lares 1977. Relative order of glg mutations affecting glycogen biosynthesis in Escherichia coli K12. Mol.Gen.Genet. 150:325-329
- Okita, T.W., R.L. Rodriguez, J. Preiss 1981. Biosynthesis of bacterial glycogen. Cloning of the glycogen biosynthetic enzyme structural genes of Escherichia coli. J.Biol.Chem. 256:6944-6952
- Kumar, A., C.E. Larsen, J. Preiss 1986. Biosynthesis of bacterial glycogen. Primary structure of Escherichia coli ADP-glucose: alpha-1,4-glucan, 4-glucosyltransferase as deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the glgA gene. J.Biol.Chem. 261:16256-162
- Romeo, T., A. Kumar, J. Preiss 1988. Analysis of the Escherichia coli glycogen gene cluster suggests that catabolic enzymes are encoded among the biosynthetic genes. Gene 70:363-376
- Romeo, T., J. Moore, J. Smith 1991. A simple method for cloning genes involved in glucan biosynthesis: isolation of structural and regulatory genes for glycogen synthesis in Escherichia coli. Gene 108:23-29
- Kaidow, A., T. Kataoka, M. Wachi, A. Takada, M. Yamasaki, K. Nagai 1992. The 55-kilodalton protein in an oriC complex fraction is glycogen synthase. J.Bacteriol. 174:5454-5456
- Yang, H., M.Y. Liu, T. Romeo 1996. Coordinate genetic regulation of glycogen catabolism and biosynthesis in Escherichia coli via the CsrA gene product. J.Bacteriol. 178:1012-1017