Site - efeU'

Site - efeU'Site efeU'

Site efeU'

Name: efeU'
Type: pseudogene
Synonyms
b4490 MG1655 locus tag
ycdN
Mnemonic: Elemental FErrous iron Uptake
Left End Point: 23.29
Right End Point: 23.31
Products:
subunit of inactive EfeUOB, low-pH ferrous Iron transporter, cryptic due to mutation in efeU'
Direction: >
Priority: 0
2 Alleles of This Gene
efeU'-762(del)::kan
efeU'-763(del)::kan
External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links
EcoGene.org EG13860
Comment:
- frameshift at position 36 makes EfeUOB transporter inactive in K-12. (Unmutated gene in O157:H7 results in active ferrous iron transporter at low pH.)
References:
- Grosse, C., J. Scherer, D. Koch, M. Otto, N. Taudte, G. Grass 2006. A new ferrous iron-uptake transporter, EfeU (YcdN), from Escherichia coli. Mol.Microbiol. 62:120-131
- Cao, J., M.R. Woodhall, A. J, M.L. Cartron, S.C. Andrews 2007. EfeUOB (YcdNOB) is a tripartite, acid-induced and CpxAR-regulated, low-pH Fe2+ transporter that is cryptic in Escherichia coli K-12 but functional in E.coli O157:H7. Mol.Microbiol. 65:857-8