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Site abgT

• Name: abgT
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b1336	MG1655 locus tag
  ydaH

  
  
• Mnemonic: aminobenzoyl-glutamate
• Left End Point: 30.14
• Right End Point: 30.17
• Direction: <
• Properties:

  Property	Comment
  utilization	NULL
  transport gene	NULL

  
  
• Priority: 0
  1 Alleles of This Gene

  abgT773(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG12853
  EcoliWiki	abgT

  
  
• Comment:
  • Can't synthesize but can utilize p-aminobenzoyl-glutamate, a breakdown product of commercial folic acid preparations.
• References:
  • Hussein, M.J., J.M. Green, B.P. Nichols 1998. Characterization of mutations that allow p-aminobenzoyl-glutamate utilization by Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 180:6260-6268