EcoGene

GenePage for the dapB gene of Escherichia coli K-12

Primary Gene Name: dapB
EcoGene Accession Number: EG10206
K-12 Gene Accession Number: ECK0032
MG1655 Gene Identifier: b0031

APEX

Common Core

CommonCore-5

Gene Name Mnemonic: DiAminoPimelate

Alternate Gene Symbols: None

Description:
Dihydrodipicolinate reductase

Pre-Run BlastP UniProt

Protein Sequence: ------------ MW: 28756.61------273 aa ------------ Pre-Run BlastP NR+Env

Genomic Address
Left End: 28374 ----------------- Clockwise ----------------- Right End: 29195
Left Inter Gene Info Minute or Centisome (%) = 0.61 Right Inter Gene Info

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Curator or user-submitted Comments:

A dapB mutant is not in the Keio collection; DAP auxotrophs require added DAP to grow and since no DAP was added during mutant construction, no auxotrophic mutants were recovered; dapB is not an essential gene (Baba, 2006).