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Site torT

• Name: torT
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b0994	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: trimethylamine oxide reductase
• Left End Point: 22.75
• Right End Point: 22.77
  Products:

  putative Tor-inducer-binding protein, periplasmic

  
  
• Direction: <
• Properties:

  Property	Comment
  regulatory gene	possible inducer-binding in signal transduction of tor regulatory path

  
  
• Priority: 0
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  torT738(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG12616
  EcoliWiki	torT

  
  
• Comment:
• References:
  • Jourlin, C., G. Simon, J. Pommier, M. Chippaux, V. Mejean 1996. The periplasmic TorT protein is required for trimethylamine N-oxide reductase gene induction in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 178:1219-1223