Gene Review:
fabA - beta-hydroxydecanoyl thioester dehydrase
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655
Synonyms:
ECK0945, JW0937
- A new mechanism of transcriptional regulation: release of an activator triggered by small molecule binding. Henry, M.F., Cronan, J.E. Cell (1992)
- A new mechanism for anaerobic unsaturated fatty acid formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Marrakchi, H., Choi, K.H., Rock, C.O. J. Biol. Chem. (2002)
- Fatty acid biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: cloning and characterization of the fabAB operon encoding beta-hydroxyacyl-acyl carrier protein dehydratase (FabA) and beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase I (FabB). Hoang, T.T., Schweizer, H.P. J. Bacteriol. (1997)
- Functional replacement of the FabA and FabB proteins of Escherichia coli fatty acid synthesis by Enterococcus faecalis FabZ and FabF homologues. Wang, H., Cronan, J.E. J. Biol. Chem. (2004)
- Derived amino acid sequence and identification of active site residues of Escherichia coli beta-hydroxydecanoyl thioester dehydrase. Cronan, J.E., Li, W.B., Coleman, R., Narasimhan, M., de Mendoza, D., Schwab, J.M. J. Biol. Chem. (1988)
- Regulation of transcription of genes required for fatty acid transport and unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in Escherichia coli by FadR. DiRusso, C.C., Metzger, A.K., Heimert, T.L. Mol. Microbiol. (1993)
- Increased unsaturated fatty acid production associated with a suppressor of the fabA6(Ts) mutation in Escherichia coli. Rock, C.O., Tsay, J.T., Heath, R., Jackowski, S. J. Bacteriol. (1996)
- Escherichia coli FadR positively regulates transcription of the fabB fatty acid biosynthetic gene. Campbell, J.W., Cronan, J.E. J. Bacteriol. (2001)
- Role of the Escherichia coli FadR regulator in stasis survival and growth phase-dependent expression of the uspA, fad, and fab genes. Farewell, A., Diez, A.A., DiRusso, C.C., Nyström, T. J. Bacteriol. (1996)
- The FabR (YijC) transcription factor regulates unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. Zhang, Y.M., Marrakchi, H., Rock, C.O. J. Biol. Chem. (2002)