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osmE osmotically-inducible lipoprotein OsmE [ Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 ]

Gene ID: 945305, updated on 6-Jul-2026
Official Symbol
osmE
Official Full Name
osmotically-inducible lipoprotein OsmE
Primary source
ECOCYC:EG10044
Locus tag
b1739
See related
ASAP:ABE-0005799
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
anr; ECK1737
Summary
osmE is also regulated by growth phase. [More information is available at EcoGene: EG10044]. OsmE is an osmotically inducible gene product in Escherichia coli . [More information is available at EcoCyc: EG10044].
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Sequence:
NC_000913.3 (1821918..1822256, complement)

NC_000913.3Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene N,N'-diacetylchitobiose-specific PTS enzyme IIC component Neighboring gene N,N'-diacetylchitobiose-specific PTS enzyme IIB component Neighboring gene NH3-dependent NAD(+) synthetase Neighboring gene excinuclease Cho Neighboring gene HutD family protein Ves

Genomic Sequence:
NC_000913.3

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Involvement of differential efficiency of transcription by esigmas and esigma70 RNA polymerase holoenzymes in growth phase regulation of the Escherichia coli osmE promoter. Bordes P, et al. Mol Microbiol, 2000 Feb. PMID 10692161
  2. Characterization of the osmotically inducible gene osmE of Escherichia coli K-12. Gutierrez C, et al. Mol Microbiol, 1995 May. PMID 7565114
  3. DNA supercoiling contributes to disconnect sigmaS accumulation from sigmaS-dependent transcription in Escherichia coli. Bordes P, et al. Mol Microbiol, 2003 Apr. PMID 12675812
  4. Role of DNA supercoiling and rpoS sigma factor in the osmotic and growth phase-dependent induction of the gene osmE of Escherichia coli K12. Conter A, et al. J Mol Biol, 1997 Oct 17. PMID 9367747
  5. Interactions between the 2.4 and 4.2 regions of sigmaS, the stress-specific sigma factor of Escherichia coli, and the -10 and -35 promoter elements. Checroun C, et al. Nucleic Acids Res, 2004. PMID 14704342, Free PMC Article

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by EcoCyc

Process Evidence Code Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within response to osmotic stress IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in outer membrane IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
located_in plasma membrane IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Preferred Names
osmotically-inducible lipoprotein OsmE

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000913.3 Reference assembly

    Range
    1821918..1822256 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NP_416253.1 osmotically-inducible lipoprotein OsmE

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_416253.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    PRK11251
    Location:4 → 112
    PRK11251; osmotically-inducible lipoprotein OsmE
Nucleotide Protein
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