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Site allS

• Name: allS
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b0504	MG1655 locus tag
  glxA1
  ybbS

  
  
• Mnemonic: allantoin
• Left End Point: 11.44
• Right End Point: 11.46
  Products:

  AllS, transcriptional activator

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

  allS787(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG13267
  EcoliWiki	allS

  
  
• Comment:
  • Involved in regulation of allantoin utilization (as N-source under anaerobic conditions) along with the repressor, AllR.
• References:
  • Rintoul, M.R., E. Cusa, L. Baldoma, J. Badia, L. Reitzer, J. Aguilar 2002. Regulation of the Escherichia coli allantoin regulon: coordinated function of the repressor AllR and the activator AllS. J.Mol.Biol. 324:599-610