E. coli Genetic Resources at Yale
CGSC, The Coli Genetic Stock Center

About the CGSC

• CGSC Home
• Scope of the Collection

Searching the CGSC Database

• Help With Query Forms
• Strain Query
• Mutation Query
• Gene/Site Query
• Gene Product Query
• Reference Query
• Query Help
• Info on Genetic Nomenclature

How to Request Strains or Information

• Reviving Strains
• Contact Information

Site frlB

• Name: frlB
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b3371	MG1655 locus tag
  yhfN	Rudd in EcoGene,Blattner et al. GenBank

  
  
• Mnemonic: fructoselysine (utilization)
• Left End Point: 75.42
• Right End Point: 75.44
  Products:

  fructoselysine 6-phosphate deglycase, FrlB

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

  frlB779(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG12909
  EcoliWiki	frlB

  
  
• Comment:
  • Originally ID'ed by homology and then found to catalyze fructoselysine 6-phophate to lysine and glucose 6-phosphate. frlB and frlD allow growth on fructoselysine as a C source.
• References:
  • Wiame, E., G. Delpierre, F. Collard, E. Van Schaftingen 2002. Identification of a pathway for the utilization of the Amadori product fructoselysine in Escherichia coli. J.Biol.Chem. 277:42523-42529