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Site aat

• Name: aat
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b0885	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: amino acyl-tRNA-protein transferase
• Left End Point: 19.96
• Right End Point: 19.97
  Products:

  aminoacyl-tRNA-protein-transferase

  leucyl/phenylalanyl tRNA protein transferase

  
  
• Direction: <
• Priority: 1
  2 Alleles of This Gene

  aat-1

  aat-784(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  NCBI/GenBank	L10383
  EcoGene.org	EG11112
  EcoliWiki	aat

  
  
• Comment:
  • N-terminal aminoacylation of acceptor proteins using Leu-, Phe-, and Met-tRNAs as donors
• References:
  • Shrader, T.E., J.W. Tobias, A. Varshavsky 1993. The N-end rule in Escherichia coli: cloning and analysis of the leucyl, phenylalanyl-tRNA-protein transferase gene aat. J.Bacteriol. 175:4364-4374