Site dadX
- Name: dadX
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
alnA pre-81 papers b1190 MG1655 locus tag dadB msuA? - Mnemonic: D-amino acid dehydrogenase
- Left End Point: 26.69
- Right End Point: 26.71
- Products:
alanine racemase, catabolic - Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 6 Alleles of This Gene
dadX100::FRT dadX20 dadX21(ts) dadX3 dadX779(del)::kan dadX791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11408 EcoliWiki dadX - Comment:
- References:
- Beelen, RH, AM Feldmann, HJ Wijsman 1973. A regulatory gene and a structural gene for alaninase in Escherichia coli. Mol. Gen. Genet. 121(4):369-74.
- Franklin, F.C.H., W.A. Venables 1976. Biochemical, genetic, and regulatory studies of alanine catabolism in Escherichia coli K12. Mol.Gen.Genet. 149:229-237
- Franklin, F.C.H., W.A. Venables, H.J.W. Wijsman 1981. Genetic studies of D-alanine-dehydrogenase-less mutants of Escherichia coli K-12. Genet.Res. 38:197-208
- Wild, J.R., J. Henning, M. Lobockz, W. Walczak, T. Klopotowski 1985. Identification of the dadX gene coding for the predominant isozyme of alanine racemase in Escherichia coli K12. Mol.Gen.Genet. 198:315-322
- Grogan, D.W. 1988. Temperature-sensitive murein synthesis in an Escherichia coli pdx mutant and the role of alanine racemase. Arch.Microbiol. 150:363-367
- Lobocka, M., J. Hennig, J.R. Wild, T. Klopotowski 1994. Organization and expression of the Escherichia coli K-12 dad operon encoding the smaller subunit of D-amino acid dehydrogenase and the catabolic alanine racemase. J.Bacteriol. 176:1500-1510
- Mathew, E., J. Zhi, M. Freundlich 1996. Lrp is a direct repressor of the dad operon in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 178:7234-7240