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Site speA

• Name: speA
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b2938	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: Spermidine
• Left End Point: 66.43
• Right End Point: 66.47
  Products:

  arginine decarboxylase

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

  speA0

  speA1

  speA210::Tn10

  speA3156::Tn10kan

  speA786(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  NCBI/GenBank	M31770
  EcoGene.org	EG10959
  EcoliWiki	speA

  
  
• Comment:
• References:
  • Maas, W.K. 1972. Mapping of genes involved in the synthesis of spermidine in Escherichia coli. Mol.Gen.Genet. 119:1-9
  
  
  • Boyle, S.M., G.D. Markham, E.W. Hafner, J.M. Wright, H. Tabor, C.W. Tabor 1984. Expression of the cloned genes encoding the putrescine biosynthetic enzymes and methionine adenosyltransferase of Escherichia coli. Gene 30:129-136
  
  
  • Satishchandran, C., G.D. Markham, R.C. Moore, S.M. Boyle 1990. Locations of the speA, speB, speC, and metK genes on the physical map of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 172:4748-4748
  
  
  • Moore, R.C., S.M. Boyle 1990. Nucleotide sequence and analysis of the speA gene encoding biosynthetic arginine decarboxylase in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 172:4631-4640