title: Nucleotide sequence and expression of the gutQ gene within the glucitol operon of Escherichia coli.
abstract: The glucitol operon in Escherichia coli is known to consist of five structural genes with the order: gut O P A B D M R. We have sequenced downstream from gutR and have identified an open reading frame encoding a water-soluble protein (223 amino acids; molecular weight = 23,562) with a putative ATP binding site. Expression of this protein in a maxicell system has been demonstrated. A repetitive extragenic palindromic (REP) sequence capable of forming stem-loop structures follows gutQ in the downstream, presumptive intercistronic region. The function of the Gut Q protein is not known.
authors: Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Yamada
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Yamada
authors: M H
authors: MH
authors: Saier
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D009876:Operon; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013012:Sorbitol
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C073627:srlQ protein, E coli; D013012:Sorbitol