Site carA
- Name: carA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
arg+ura b0032 MG1655 locus tag cap pre-'80 pyrA pre-'80 - Mnemonic: carbamoylP
- Left End Point: 0.64
- Right End Point: 0.66
- Products:
carbamoylphosphate synthase (glutamine-hydrolysing) light subunit - Direction: >
- Priority: 1
- 4 Alleles of This Gene
carA178 carA50 carA744(del)::kan carA791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank J01597 EcoGene.org EG10134 EcoliWiki carA - Comment:
- In Salmonella, has been relocated with carB, as in E. coli. (Vinopal, R.I. 1972, Ph.D. thesis UCDavis)
- References:
- Gigot, D., M. Crabeel, A. Feller, D. Charlier, W. Lissens, N. Glansdorff, A. Pierard 1980. Patterns of polarity in the Escherichia coli carAB gene cluster. J.Bacteriol. 143:914-920
- Crabeel, M., D. Charlier, G. Weyens, A. Feller, A. Pierard, N. Glansdorff 1980. Use of gene cloning to determine polarity of an operon: genes carAB of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 143:921-925
- Bouvier, J., J.C. Patte, P. Stragier 1984. Multiple regulatory signals in the control region of Escherichia coli carAB operon. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 81:4139-4143
- Piette, J., H. Nyunoya, C.J. Lusty, R. Cunin, G. Weyens, M. Crabeel, D. Charlier, N. Glansdorff, A. Pierard 1984. DNA sequence of the carA gene and the control region of carAB: tandem promoters, respectively controlled by arginine and the pyrimidines,
- Han, X., C.L. Turnbough 1998. Regulation of carAB expression in Escherichia coli occurs in part through UTP-sensitive reiterative transcription. J.Bacteriol. 180:705-713
- Pierrat, O.A., F. Javid-Majd, F.M. Raushel 2002. Dissection of the conduit for allosteric control of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase by ornithine. Archives of Biochemistry & Biophysics 400:26-33