Site kefC
- Name: kefC
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0047 MG1655 locus tag trkC - Mnemonic: K+ efflux
- Left End Point: 1.03
- Right End Point: 1.07
- Products:
NEM-activatable K+/H+ antiporter - Direction: >
- Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
kefC121 kefC760(del)::kan kefC791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank X56742 EcoGene.org EG10521 EcoliWiki kefC - Comment:
- References:
- Bakker, E.P., I.R. Booth, U. Dinnbier, W. Epstein, A. Gajewska 1987. Evidence for multiple K+ export systems in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 169:3743-3749
- Munro, A.W., G.Y. Ritchie, A.J. Lamb, R.M. Douglas, I.R. Booth 1991. The cloning and DNA sequence of the gene for the glutathione-regulated potassium-efflux system KefC of Escherichia coli. Mol.Microbiol. 5:607-616
- Miller, S., R.M. Douglas, P. Carter, I.R. Booth 1997. Mutations in the glutathione-gated KefC K+ efflux system of Escherichia coli that cause constitutive activation. J.Biol.Chem. 272:24942-24947
- Ferguson, G.P., R.I. Creighton, Y. Nikolaev, I.R. Booth 1998. Importance of RpoS and Dps in survival of exposure of both exponential- and stationary-phase Escherichia coli cells to the electrophile N-ethylmaleimide. J.Bacteriol. 180:1030-1036