Site lpxA
- Name: lpxA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0181 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: lipid A eXpression
- Left End Point: 4.37
- Right End Point: 4.38
- Products:
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine acyltransferase - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment essential gene NULL - Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
lpxA2(ts) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank M19334 EcoGene.org EG10545 EcoliWiki lpxA - Comment:
- References:
- Crowell, D.N., M.S. Anderson, C.R.H. Raetz 1986. Molecular cloning of the genes for lipid A disaccharide synthase and UDP-N-acetylglucosamine acyltransferase in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 168:152-159
- Crowell, D.N., W.S. Reznikoff, C.R.H. Raetz 1987. Nucleotide sequence of the Escherichia coli gene for lipid A disaccharide synthase. J.Bacteriol. 169:5727-5734
- Coleman, J., C.R.H. Raetz 1988. First committed step of lipid A biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: sequence of the lpxA gene. J.Bacteriol. 170:1268-1274
- Galloway, A., C.H.R. Raetz 1990. A mutant of Escherichia coli defective in the first step of endotoxin biosynthesis. J.Biol.Chem. 265:6394-6402
- Williamson, J.M., M.S. Anderson, C.R.H. Raetz 1991. Acyl-acyl carrier protein specificity of UDP-GlcNAc acyltransferases from gram-negative bacteria: relationship to Lipid A structure. J.Bacteriol. 173:3591-3596