CGSC Strain#: 5795
Strain Designation: EWH228      Source of Strain: E.W. Hafner
Sex: F- Chromosomal Markers: lacY1, glnX44(AS), gal-6, hisG1, rfbC1, galP63, glcB11, metC69, argG6, rpsL8 or rpsL104 or rplL9(L?)
Strain Comments:

• glnX44(AS)-- Mutation is a C to T transition at nucleotide 34 (3rd position of the anticodon)
• hisG1-- This mutation has been reported as either a frameshift or a 36 nt deletion
• metC69-- was called metC58 by A.L. Taylor.
• glnX44(AS) was formerly called glnV44
• glnX44(AS) was formerly called su⁺_II
• glnX44(AS) was formerly called supE44
• rfbC1 was formerly called rfbD1
• AS = amber(UAG) suppressor

References:

• Hafner, E.W., C.W. Tabor, H. Tabor 1977. Isolation of a metK mutant with a temperature-sensitive S-adenosylmethionine synthetase. J.Bacteriol. 132:832-840