E. coli Genetic Resources at Yale
CGSC, The Coli Genetic Stock Center

About the CGSC

• CGSC Home
• Scope of the Collection
• The Database
• Privacy Policy
• Acknowledgment of Support

Searching the CGSC Database

• Help With Query Forms
• Strain Query
• Mutation Query
• Gene/Site Query
• Gene Product Query
• Reference Query
• Query Help
• Info on Genetic Nomenclature

How to Request Strains or Information

• Contact Information
• Charges
• Reviving Strains
• Strains Not Found?

Other CGSC Information

• FAQ on Procedures
• Current Working Map
• 1998 MMBR Map
• 1998 MMBR Gene List
• Map Diagrams (PDFs)

Other Links

• E. coli Links
• Other Stock Collections
• Other Bio Links
• Yale Web

Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation

Site yajL

• Name: yajL
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b0424	MG1655 locus tag
  thiJ

  
  
• Mnemonic: Temporary systematic nomenclature
• Left End Point: 9.53
• Right End Point: 9.55
• Direction: <
• Priority: 0
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  yajL781(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG13272
  EcoliWiki	yajL

  
  
• Comment:
  • See Mueller et al. for explanation of attribution of involvement with Thi biosynthesis.
• References:
  • Mueller, E.G., C.J. Buck, P.M. Palenchar, L.E. Barnhart, J.L. Paulson 1998. Identification of a gene involved in the generation of 4-thiouridine in tRNA. Nucleic Acids Res. 26:2606-2610
  
  
  • Wilson, M.A., D. Ringe, G.A. Petsko 2005. The atomic resolution crystal structure of the YajL (ThiJ) protein from Escherichia coli: a close prokaryotic homologue of the Parkinsonism-associated protein DJ-1. J.Mol.Biol. 353:678-691