Site ppx
- Name: ppx
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2502 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: exopolyphosphatase
- Left End Point: 56.54
- Right End Point: 56.58
- Products:
exopolyphosphatase - Direction: >
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
ppx-750(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11403 EcoliWiki ppx - Comment:
- Linear polymer of Pi residues linked by high-energy phosphoanhydride bonds. Terminal residues hydrolyzed to Pi processively by PPX.
- References:
- Akiyama, M., E. Crooke, A. Kornberg 1993. An exopolyphosphatase of Escherichia coli. The enzyme and its ppx gene in a polyphosphate operon. J.Biol.Chem. 268:633-639
- Kornberg, A. 1995. Inorganic polyphosphate: toward making a forgotten polymer unforgettable. J.Bacteriol. 177:491-496
- Ault-Riche, D., C.D. Fraley, C.M. Tzeng, A. Kornberg 1998. Novel assay reveals multiple pathways regulating stress-induced accumulations of inorganic polyphosphate in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 180:1841-1847