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Site pykA

• Name: pykA
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b1854	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: pyruvate kinase
• Left End Point: 41.72
• Right End Point: 41.76
  Products:

  pyruvate kinase A

  
  
• Direction: >
• Priority: 0
  2 Alleles of This Gene

  pykA779(del)::kan

  pykA791-YFP(::cat)

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG10803
  EcoliWiki	pykA

  
  
• Comment:
  • GenBank M63703. Bledig, Fotheringham, and Hunter, unpub. 1991
• References:
  • Garrido-Pertierra, A., R.A. Cooper 1983. Evidence for two distinct pyruvate kinase genes in Escherichia coli K-12. FEBS Lett. 162:420-422
  
  
  • Ponce, E., N. Flores, A. Martinez, F. Valle, F. Bolivar 1995. Cloning of the two pyruvate kinase isoenzyme structural genes from Escherichia coli: the relative roles of these enzymes in pyruvate biosynthesis. J.Bacteriol. 177:5719-5722
  
  
  • Valentini, G., A. Mattevi, D. Barilla, A. Galizzi, M.L. Speranza 1997. Recombinant pyruvate kinase type I from Escherichia coli: overproduction and revised C-terminus of the polypeptide. Biol. Chem 378:719-721