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Sequence and characterization of the gcpE gene of Escherichia coli
J Baker1, D B Franklin, J Parker
1Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 62901.
FEMS Microbiology Letters
|July 1, 1992
Abstract:
In Escherichia coli, the gene gcpE encodes a protein of unknown function and lies immediately upstream of the hisS gene for histidyl-tRNA synthetase. The nucleic acid sequence of gcpE predicts an open reading frame for a protein of 40,681 Da. The probable transcription terminator of gcpE overlaps the hisS promoter. Haploid cells containing a disrupted gcpE could not be obtained, suggesting that the gcpE gene is essential.