EcoGene

GenePage for the lpxB gene of Escherichia coli K-12

Primary Gene Name: lpxB
EcoGene Accession Number: EG10546
K-12 Gene Accession Number: ECK0181
MG1655 Gene Identifier: b0182

Gene Name Mnemonic: Lipid A expression/biosynthesis

Alternate Gene Symbols: pgsB

Description:
Lipid A disaccharide synthase

Pre-Run BlastP UniProt

Protein Sequence: ------------ MW: 42382.45------382 aa ------------ Pre-Run BlastP NR+Env

Genomic Address
Left End: 203348 ----------------- Clockwise ----------------- Right End: 204496
Left Inter Gene Info Minute or Centisome (%) = 4.38 Right Inter Gene Info

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Curator or user-submitted Comments:

The lpxB1 mutation is E326K, the result of a change in codon 326 from GAA to AAA (C.R.H. Raetz, pers. comm., 4/03, Duke Univ.).  LpxB and GlpD associate.