EcoGene

GenePage for the dnaX gene of Escherichia coli K-12

Primary Gene Name: dnaX
EcoGene Accession Number: EG10245
K-12 Gene Accession Number: ECK0464
MG1655 Gene Identifier: b0470

Gene Name Mnemonic: DNA

Alternate Gene Symbols: dnaZ

Description:
DNA polymerase III holoenzyme, tau and gamma ATPase subunits; gamma chain (aa 1-431) is main subunit of the clamp loader complex

Pre-Run BlastP UniProt

Protein Sequence: ------------ MW: 71137.74------643 aa ------------ Pre-Run BlastP NR+Env

Genomic Address
Left End: 491316 ----------------- Clockwise ----------------- Right End: 493247
Left Inter Gene Info Minute or Centisome (%) = 10.59 Right Inter Gene Info

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Curator or user-submitted Comments:

The tau chain is the full length protein.  The gamma chain is formed by programmed ribosomal frameshifting at codon 431 to a premature stop codon.