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Site dcuR

• Name: dcuR
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b4124	MG1655 locus tag
  yjdG

  
  
• Mnemonic: dicarboxylate uptake
• Left End Point: 93.70
• Right End Point: 93.71
  Products:

  DcuR, response regulator

  
  
• Direction: <
• Priority: 0
  2 Alleles of This Gene

  dcuR750(del)::kan

  dcuR791-YFP(::cat)

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG12464
  EcoliWiki	dcuR

  
  
• Comment:
  • Inactivation of DcuSR results in loss of C4-dicarboxylate-inducible expression of fumarate reductase operon (frdABCD), anaerobic fumarate-succinate antiporter (dcuB), and others.
• References:
  • Golby, P., S. Davies, D.J. Kelly, J.R. Guest, S.C. Andrews 1999. Identification and characterization of a two-component sensor-kinase and response-regulator system (DcuS-DcuR) controlling gene expression in response to C4-dicarboxylates in Escherichia