Site flhD
- Name: flhD
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1892 MG1655 locus tag flbB - Mnemonic: flagella
- Left End Point: 42.59
- Right End Point: 42.60
- Products:
FlhD/FldC complex, transcriptional activator - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment flagellar regulon member flagellar synthesis regulatory gene transcriptional activator or Fla class II operons - Priority: 1
- 4 Alleles of This Gene
flhD530 flhD5301 flhD745(del)::kan flhD792-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10320 EcoliWiki flhD - Comment:
- flagellar synthesis; regulatory gene; flagellum specific o- factor. Expressed first and its express. req. for express. of all other genes in the regulon
- References:
- Bartlett, D.H., B.B. Frantz, P. Matsumura 1988. Flagellar transcriptional activators FlbB and FlaI: gene sequence and 5' consensus sequences of operons under FlbB and FlaI control. J.Bacteriol. 170:1575-1581
- Liu, X., P. Matsumura 1994. The FlhD/FlhC complex, a transcriptional activator of the Escherichia coli flagellar Class II operons. J.Bacteriol. 176:7345-7351
- Liu, X., N. Fujita, A. Ishihama, P. Matsumura 1995. The C-terminal region of the alpha subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase is required for transcriptional activation of the flagellar level II operons by the FlhD/FlhC complex. J.Bacteriol. 177:51
- Pruss, B.M., P. Matsumura 1996. A regulator of the flagellar regulon of Escherichia coli, flhD, also affects cell division. J.Bacteriol. 178:668-674
- Soutourina, O., A. Kolb, E. Krin, C. Laurent-Winter, S. Rimsky, A. Danchin, P. Bertin 1999. Multiple control of flagellum biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: role of H-NS protein and the cyclic AMP-catabolite activator protein complex in transcription of