Site deoC
- Name: deoC
- Type: Gene                          - Synonyms
b4381 MG1655 locus tag dra thyR tlr 
- Mnemonic: Deoxyribose
- Left End Point: 99.48
- Right End Point: 99.49- Products:
deoxyribose-phosphate aldolase 
- Direction: >
- Priority: 1- 10 Alleles of This Gene
deoC1 deoC2 deoC3 deoC34 deoC4 deoC5 deoC76 deoC777(del)::kan deoC8 deoC999 
- External Database Links:Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10221 EcoliWiki deoC 
- Comment: - Selectable Phenotype: Loss in thyA-: growth on low thymine. deoC or deoB maintains high dRibose-1P, makes thyA mut require only 1-2 ug thy. Spontaneous arise in thyA- on low thy med.
 
- References: - Lomax, M.S., G.R. Greenberg 1968. Characteristics of the deo operon: role in thymine utilization and sensitivity to deoxyribonucleosides. J.Bacteriol. 96:501-514
- Roeder, W., R.L. Somerville 1979. Cloning the trpR gene. Mol.Gen.Genet. 176:361-368
- Valentin-Hansen, P., K. Hammer-Jespersen, R.S. Buxton 1979. Evidence for the existence of three promoters for the deo operon of Escherichia coli K12 in vitro. J.Mol.Biol. 133:1-17
- Albrechtsen, H., S.I. Ahmad 1980. Regulation of the synthesis of nucleoside catabolic enzymes in Escherichia coli: further analysis of a deoOc mutant strain. Mol.Gen.Genet. 179:457-460
- Valentin-Hansen, P., F. Boetius, K. Hammer-Jespersen, I. Svendsen 1982. The primary structure of Escherichia coli K12 2-deoxyribose 5-phosphate aldolase. Nucleotide sequence of the deoC gene and the amino acid sequence of the enzyme. Eur.J.Biochem. 12
- Valentin-Hansen, P., H. Aiba, D. Schumperli 1982. The structure of tandem regulatory regions in the deo operon of Escherichia coli K12. EMBO J. 1:317-322
- Fischer, M., S.A. Short 1982. The cloning of the Escherichia coli K-12 deoxyribonucleoside operon. Gene 17:291-298
- Valentin-Hansen, P. 1982. Tandem CRP binding sites in the deo operon of Escherichia coli K-12. EMBO J. 1:1049-1054
- Dandanell, G., K. Hammer 1985. Two operator sites separated by 599 base pairs are required for deoR repression of the deo operon of Escherichia coli. EMBO J. 4:3333-3338
 
