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wbbH putative O-antigen polymerase [ Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 ]

Gene ID: 945179, updated on 6-Jul-2026
Official Symbol
wbbH
Official Full Name
putative O-antigen polymerase
Primary source
ECOCYC:EG11982
Locus tag
b2035
See related
ASAP:ABE-0006753
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 (strain: K-12, substrain: MG1655)
Lineage
Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia
Also known as
ECK2029; rfc; yefF
Summary
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a major component of the outer membrane in most gram-negative bacteria. [More information is available at EcoCyc: EG11982].
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Sequence:
NC_000913.3 (2106060..2107226, complement)

NC_000913.3Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene putative glycosyltransferase WbbK Neighboring gene putative lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis O-acetyl transferase WbbJ Neighboring gene beta-1,6-galactofuranosyltransferase WbbI Neighboring gene UDP-galactopyranose mutase Neighboring gene polyisoprenol-linked O16-antigen repeat unit flippase Neighboring gene dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose 3,5-epimerase

Genomic Sequence:
NC_000913.3

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Identification of the O antigen polymerase (rfc) gene in Escherichia coli O4 by insertional mutagenesis using a nonpolar chloramphenicol resistance cassette. Lukomski S, et al. J Bacteriol, 1996 Jan. PMID 8550424, Free PMC Article
  2. Gene targeting using randomly inserted group II introns (targetrons) recovered from an Escherichia coli gene disruption library. Yao J, et al. Nucleic Acids Res, 2005. PMID 15947133, Free PMC Article
  3. Structure of the O antigen of Escherichia coli K-12 and the sequence of its rfb gene cluster. Stevenson G, et al. J Bacteriol, 1994 Jul. PMID 7517391, Free PMC Article
  4. A 460-kb DNA sequence of the Escherichia coli K-12 genome corresponding to the 40.1-50.0 min region on the linkage map. Itoh T, et al. DNA Res, 1996 Dec 31. PMID 9097040
  5. TCDB: the Transporter Classification Database for membrane transport protein analyses and information. Saier MH Jr, et al. Nucleic Acids Res, 2006 Jan 1. PMID 16381841, Free PMC Article

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by EcoCyc

Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in plasma membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
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located_in plasma membrane IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
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Preferred Names
putative O-antigen polymerase

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000913.3 Reference assembly

    Range
    2106060..2107226 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NP_416539.1 putative O-antigen polymerase

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_416539.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    P37748
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    TIGR04370
    Location:17 → 377
    glyco_rpt_poly; oligosaccharide repeat unit polymerase
Nucleotide Protein
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