Site adiC
- Name: adiC
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b4115 MG1655 locus tag yjdD yjdE - Mnemonic: arginine decarboxylase, induced
- Left End Point: 93.41
- Right End Point: 93.43
- Products:
arginine-agmatine antiporter - Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
adiC741(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG12462 EcoliWiki adiC - Comment:
- AdiC is a transport protein involved with arginine-dependent extreme acid resistance (XAR) by delivering Arg to and removing agmatine from the cytoplasm.
- References:
- Iyer, R., C. Williams, C. Miller 2003. Arginine-agmatine antiporter in extreme acid resistance in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 185:6556-6561
- Gong, S., H. Richard, J.W. Foster 2003. YjdE (AdiC) is the arginine:agmatine antiporter essential for arginine-dependent acid resistance in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 185:4402-4409