Site ecnB
- Name: ecnB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b4411 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: enterocidin
- Left End Point: 94.29
- Right End Point: 94.29
- Products:
bacteriolytic lipoprotein of cell envelope, EcnB - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment stationary phase(rpoS) regulon NULL - Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
ecnB774(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG14345 EcoliWiki ecnB - Comment:
- bactiolytic compenent of chromosomally encoded "addiction" module. Activated in S phase under high osmolarity by sigmaS, repressed by EnvZ/OmpR. May be related to programmed bact'l cell death.
- References:
- Schellhorn, H.E., J.P. Audia, L.I. Wei, L. Chang 1998. Identification of conserved, RpoS-dependent stationary-phase genes of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 180:6283-6291
- Bishop, R.E., B.K. Leskiw, R.S. Hodges, C.M. Kay, J.H. Weiner 1998. The entericidin locus of Escherichia coli and its implications for programmed bacterial cell death. J.Mol.Biol. 280:583-596