Site fhuB
- Name: fhuB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0153 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Ferric hydroxamate uptake
- Left End Point: 3.70
- Right End Point: 3.74
- Products:
hydroxamate-dependent iron uptake, cytoplasmic membrane component - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment encodes membrane protein NULL - Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
fhuB478::Tn10 fhuB769(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank X04319 EcoGene.org EG10303 EcoliWiki fhuB - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Loss: albomycin resistance.
- References:
- Kadner, R.J., K. Heller, J.W. Coulton, V. Braun 1980. Genetic control of hydroxamate-mediated iron uptake in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 143:256-264
- Fecker, L., V. Braun 1983. Cloning and expression of the fhu genes involved in iron(III)-hydroxamate uptake by Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 156:1301-1314
- Braun, V., R. Gross, W. Koster, L. Zimmerman 1983. Plasmid and chromosomal mutants in the iron (III)-aerobactin transport system of Escherichia coli. Mol.Gen.Genet. 192:131-139
- Prody, C.A., J.B. Neilands 1984. Genetic and biochemical characterization of the Escherichia coli K-12 fhuB mutation. J.Bacteriol. 157:874-880
- Koster, W., V. Braun 1986. Iron hydroxamate transport of Escherichia coli: nucleotide sequence of the fhuB gene and identification of the protein. Mol.Gen.Genet. 204:435-442