EcoGene

GenePage for the caiF gene of Escherichia coli K-12

Primary Gene Name: caiF
EcoGene Accession Number: EG13451
K-12 Gene Accession Number: ECK0035
MG1655 Gene Identifier: b0034

Non-Core

Gene Name Mnemonic: Carnitine inducible

Alternate Gene Symbols: None

Description:
Transcriptional activator of cai operon

Pre-Run BlastP UniProt

Protein Sequence: ------------ MW: 15436.16------131 aa ------------ Pre-Run BlastP NR+Env

Genomic Address
Left End: 34300 ----------------- Clockwise ----------------- Right End: 34695
Left Inter Gene Info Minute or Centisome (%) = 0.74 Right Inter Gene Info

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Curator or user-submitted Comments:

A 59 aa ORF yaaV (EG12706) was previously annotated upstream of caiF. yaaV has also been reported as a pseudogene, but the allelic variation, lack of homologs, rare codons, map position and poor RBS indicate it is not a gene and it has been removed.