Site entA
- Name: entA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0596 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Enterochelin, enterobactin
- Left End Point: 13.53
- Right End Point: 13.55
- Products:
2,3-dihydro-2,3-dihydroxybenzoate dehydrogenase DH-DHBA deHase - Direction: >
- Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
entA403 entA734(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank M24143 EcoGene.org EG10259 EcoliWiki entA - Comment:
- References:
- Laird, A.J., I.G. Young 1980. Tn5 mutagenesis of the enterochelin gene cluster of Escherichia coli. Gene 11:359-366
- Laird, A.J., D.W. Ribbons, G.C. Woodrow, I.G. Young 1980. Bacteriophage Mu-mediated gene transposition and in vitro cloning of the enterochelin gene cluster of Escherichia coli. Gene 11:347-357
- Fleming, T.P., M.S. Nahlik, M.A. McIntosh 1983. Regulation of enterobactin iron transport in Escherichia coli: characterization of ent::Mu d(Ap^r lac) operon fusions. J.Bacteriol. 156:1171-1177
- Pickett, C.L., L. Hayes, C.F. Earhart 1984. Molecular cloning of the Escherichia coli K-12 entACGBE genes. FEMS Microbiol.Lett. 24:77-80
- Nahlik, M.S., T.P. Fleming, M.A. McIntosh 1987. Cluster of genes controlling synthesis and activation of 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid in production of enterobactin in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 169:4163-4170
- Nahlik, M.S., T.J. Brickman, B.A. Ozenberger, M.A. McIntosh 1989. Nucleotide sequence and transcriptional organization of the Escherichia coli enterobactin biosynthesis cistrons entB and entA. J.Bacteriol. 171:784-790
- Liu, J., K. Duncan, C.T. Walsh 1989. Nucleotide sequence of a cluster of Escherichia coli enterobactin biosynthesis genes: identification of entA and purification of its product 2,3-dihydro-2,3,-dihydroxybenzoate dehydrogenase. J.Bacteriol. 171:791-798
- Hoerter, J., A. Pierce, C. Troupe, J. Epperson, A. Eisenstark 1996. Role of enterobactin and intracellular iron in cell lethality during near-UV irradiation in Escherichia coli. Photochem.Photobiol. 64:537-541