title: The metD D-methionine transporter locus of Escherichia coli is an ABC transporter gene cluster.
abstract: The metD D-methionine transporter locus of Escherichia coli was identified as the abc-yaeE-yaeC cluster (now renamed metNIQ genes). The abc open reading frame is preceded by tandem MET boxes bracketed by the -10 and -35 boxes of a promoter. The expression driven by this promoter is controlled by the MetJ repressor and the level of methionine.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biotechnology, Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary. galj2@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: József
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gál
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szvetnik
authors.forename: Róbert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schnell
authors.forename: Miklós
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kálmán
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000235:genetics*; D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008715:Methionine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D005810:Multigene Family; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D026905:Amino Acid Transport Systems; D008715:Methionine; C038344:methionine methyl ester