Site sdiA
- Name: sdiA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1916 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: suppress division inhibitors
- Left End Point: 42.98
- Right End Point: 43.00
- Products:
FtsQAZ regulator protein - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment affects cell division/growth NULL positive regulatory gene enhances transcription from one of promoters upstream of ftsQAZ. - Priority: 0
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
sdiA762(del)::kan sdiA791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10935 EcoliWiki sdiA - Comment:
- suppresses inhibitory effect of the MinC/MinD division inhibitor
- References:
- Wang, X.D., P.A. de Boer, L.I. Rothfield 1991. A factor that positively regulates cell division by activating transcription of the major cluster of essential cell division genes of Escherichia coli. EMBO J. 10:3363-3372
- Garcia-Lara, J., L.H. Shang, L.I. Rothfield 1996. An extracellular factor regulates expression of sdiA, a transcriptional activator of cell division genes in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 178:2742-2748