Gene Review:
galK - galactokinase
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655
Synonyms:
ECK0746, JW0740, galA
- Lac repressor mRNA transcription terminates in vivo in the lac control region. Cone, K.C., Sellitti, M.A., Steege, D.A. J. Biol. Chem. (1983)
- Galactose utilization in Lactobacillus helveticus: isolation and characterization of the galactokinase (galK) and galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (galT) genes. Mollet, B., Pilloud, N. J. Bacteriol. (1991)
- Glutamate and cyclic AMP regulate the expression of galactokinase in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Raychaudhuri, S., Basu, M., Mandal, N.C. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) (1998)
- Growth-rate-dependent regulation of ribosome synthesis in E. coli: expression of the lacZ and galK genes fused to ribosomal promoters. Miura, A., Krueger, J.H., Itoh, S., de Boer, H.A., Nomura, M. Cell (1981)
- Gene expression of an Escherichia coli ribosomal RNA promoter fused to structural genes of the galactose operon. Ota, Y., Kikuchi, A., Cashel, M. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1979)
- Nucleosome loss activates yeast downstream promoters in vivo. Han, M., Grunstein, M. Cell (1988)
- The Leloir pathway: a mechanistic imperative for three enzymes to change the stereochemical configuration of a single carbon in galactose. Frey, P.A. FASEB J. (1996)
- Molecular characterization of the gallate dioxygenase from Pseudomonas putida KT2440. The prototype of a new subgroup of extradiol dioxygenases. Nogales, J., Canales, A., Jiménez-Barbero, J., García, J.L., Díaz, E. J. Biol. Chem. (2005)
- Identification of a gene cluster for the formation of extracellular polysaccharide precursors in the chemolithoautotroph Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Barreto, M., Jedlicki, E., Holmes, D.S. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2005)
- Bifidobacterium longum endogalactanase liberates galactotriose from type I galactans. Hinz, S.W., Pastink, M.I., van den Broek, L.A., Vincken, J.P., Voragen, A.G. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2005)
- The gal genes for the Leloir pathway of Lactobacillus casei 64H. Bettenbrock, K., Alpert, C.A. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (1998)
- Role of DNA regions flanking the tryptophan promoter of Escherichia coli. II. Insertion of lac operator fragments. Herrin, G.L., Bennett, G.N. Gene (1984)
- Stimulation in trans of synthesis of E. coli gal operon enzymes by lambdoid phages during low catabolite repression. Petit-Koskas, E., Contesse, G. Mol. Gen. Genet. (1976)
- The NH2-terminal sequences of galactokinase from Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Schlesinger, D.H., Schell, M.A., Wilson, D.B. FEBS Lett. (1977)
- Activation of silent gal genes in the lac-gal regulon of Streptococcus thermophilus. Vaughan, E.E., van den Bogaard , P.T., Catzeddu, P., Kuipers, O.P., de Vos , W.M. J. Bacteriol. (2001)
- Isolation of DNA damage-inducible promoters in Escherichia coli: regulation of polB (dinA), dinG, and dinH by LexA repressor. Lewis, L.K., Jenkins, M.E., Mount, D.W. J. Bacteriol. (1992)
- Studies on the regulation of the three enzymes of the Leloir pathway in cultured mammalian cells. I. Effect of substitution of galactose for glucose as the sole hexose in the medium in human diploid cell strains and in a rat hepatoma line. Stern, E.S., Krooth, R.S. J. Cell. Physiol. (1975)
- Fusions of the Escherichia coli gyrA and gyrB control regions to the galactokinase gene are inducible by coumermycin treatment. Menzel, R., Gellert, M. J. Bacteriol. (1987)
- The functional stability of the lacZ transcript is sensitive towards sequence alterations immediately downstream of the ribosome binding site. Petersen, C. Mol. Gen. Genet. (1987)
- Transcription termination in the dnaA gene. Wende, M., Quinones, A., Diederich, L., Jueterbock, W.R., Messer, W. Mol. Gen. Genet. (1991)