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Site cmtB

• Name: cmtB
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b2934	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: cryptic mannitol
• Left End Point: 66.32
• Right End Point: 66.33
  Products:

  protein-N-phosphohistidine sugar P=transferase, enzyme iI of cryptic mannitol transport

  
  
• Direction: <
• Priority: 0
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  cmtB782(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG11791
  EcoliWiki	cmtB

  
  
• Comment:
  • counterclockwise. see cmtA. entered originally as seq.or phys.region. Blattner et al. say alternate name tolM (???)
• References:
  • Sprenger, G.A. 1993. Two open reading frames adjacent to the Escherichia coli K-12 transketolase (tkt) gene show high similarity to the mannitol phosphotransferase system enzymes from Escherichia coli and various gram-positive bacteria. Biochim.Biophys