Site ldhA
- Name: ldhA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1380 MG1655 locus tag hslF hslI Chuang and Blattner htpH - Mnemonic: Lactate dehydrogenase
- Left End Point: 31.04
- Right End Point: 31.06
- Products:
lactate dehydrogenase, fermentative, NAD-linked - Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
ldhA20::kan ldhA744(del)::kan ldhA9 - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG13186 EcoliWiki ldhA - Comment:
- Mutants have no growth defects under anaerobic conditions unless pfl is also defective. pfl ldh mutants are unable to grow anaerobically on glucose even when supplemented with acetate (pfl- can.)
- References:
- Mat-Jan, F., K.Y. Alam, D.P. Clark 1989. Mutants of Escherichia coli deficient in the fermentative lactate dehydrogenase. J.Bacteriol. 171:342-348
- Chuang, S.E., F.R. Blattner 1993. Characterization of twenty-six new heat shock genes of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 175:5242-5252
- Bunch, P.K., F. Mat-Jan, N. Lee, D.P. Clark 1997. The ldhA gene encoding the fermentative lactate dehydrogenase of Escherichia coli. Microbiology 143:187-195