The world's first wiki where authorship really matters (Nature Genetics, 2008). Due credit and reputation for authors. Imagine a global collaborative knowledge base for original thoughts. Search thousands of articles and collaborate with scientists around the globe.

wikigene or wiki gene protein drug chemical gene disease author authorship tracking collaborative publishing evolutionary knowledge reputation system wiki2.0 global collaboration genes proteins drugs chemicals diseases compound
Hoffmann, R. A wiki for the life sciences where authorship matters. Nature Genetics (2008)
 
Gene Review

msbA  -  lipid ABC transporter permease/ATPase

Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655

Synonyms: ECK0905, JW0897
 
 
Welcome! If you are familiar with the subject of this article, you can contribute to this open access knowledge base by deleting incorrect information, restructuring or completely rewriting any text. Read more.
 

Disease relevance of msbA

  • We now show that newly synthesized lipid A accumulates on the cytoplasmic side of the inner membrane after shifting an E. coli msbA missense mutant to the non-permissive temperature [1].
  • Here, we have reported the construction and the characterization of a Neisseria meningitidis msbA mutant [2].
 

High impact information on msbA

  • E. coli strains in which msbA synthesis is selectively shut off at 42 degreesC accumulate hexa-acylated lipid A and glycerophospholipids in their inner membranes [3].
  • The msbA gene was originally discovered because when cloned on a low-copy-number plasmid vector it was able to suppress the temperature-sensitive growth phenotype of an htrB null mutant as well as the accumulation of phospholipids [4].
  • The msbA gene is essential for bacterial viability at all temperatures [4].
  • Translocation of the precursor to the outer membrane is restored by transformation with a plasmid containing the wild-type msbA gene [4].
  • We report the characterization of the msbA gene, isolated as a multicopy suppressor of the HtrB temperature-sensitive phenotype [5].
 

Biological context of msbA

  • Mutational analysis of msbA indicates that it may form an operon with a downstream gene, orfE, and that both of these genes are essential for bacterial viability under all growth conditions tested [5].

References

 
WikiGenes - Universities