Site phoU
- Name: phoU
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3724 MG1655 locus tag phoT - Mnemonic: Phosphate
- Left End Point: 84.16
- Right End Point: 84.18
- Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment regulatory gene negative regul. of phosphate regulon - Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
phoU755(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10735 EcoliWiki phoU - Comment:
- high-affinity phosphate-specific transport
- References:
- Amemura, M., H. Shinagawa, K. Makino, N. Otsuji, A. Nakata 1982. Cloning of and complementation tests with alkaline phosphatase regulatory genes (phoS and phoT) of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 152:692-701
- Surin, B.P., D.A. Jans, A.L. Fimmel, D.C. Shaw, G.B. Cox, H. Rosenberg 1984. Structural gene for the phosphate-repressible phosphate-binding protein of Escherichia coli has its own promoter: complete nucleotide sequence of the phoS gene. J.Bacteriol.
- Nakata, A., M. Amemura, H. Shinegawa 1984. Regulation of the phosphate regulon in Escherichia coli K-12: regulation of the negative regulatory gene phoU and identification of the gene product. J.Bacteriol. 159:979-985
- Amemura, M., K. Makino, H. Shinagawa, A. Kobayashi, A. Nakata 1985. Nucleotide sequence of the genes involved in phosphate transport and regulation of the phosphate regulon in Escherichia coli. J.Mol.Biol. 184:241-250
- Steed, P.M., B.L. Wanner 1993. Use of the rep technique for allele replacement to construct mutants with deletions of the pstSCAB-phoU operon: evidence of a new role for the PhoU protein in the phosphate regulon. J.Bacteriol. 175:6797-6809