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Site hyfA

• Name: hyfA
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b2481	MG1655 locus tag
  yffE

  
  
• Mnemonic: Hydrogenase 4
• Left End Point: 56.03
• Right End Point: 56.04
  Products:

  ferredoxin, 4[4Fe-4S], family member

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

  hyfA729(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG11150
  EcoliWiki	hyfA

  
  
• Comment:
  • resembles iron sulphur protein componenet (DMS B subunity) of the anaerobic dimethylsulphoxide reductase complex.
• References:
  • Andrews, S.C., B.C. Berks, J. McClay, A. Ambler, M.A. Quail, P. Golby, J.R. Guest 1997. A 12-cistron Escherichia coli operon (hyf) encoding a putative proton-translocating formate hydrogenlyase system. Microbiology 143:3633-3647