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adiY DNA-binding transcriptional activator AdiY [ Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 ]

Gene ID: 948627, updated on 23-Apr-2026
Official Symbol
adiY
Official Full Name
DNA-binding transcriptional activator AdiY
Primary source
ECOCYC:EG11966
Locus tag
b4116
See related
ASAP:ABE-0013479
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
ECK4109
Summary
AdiY is a positive DNA-binding transcriptional regulator that controls the arginine decarboxylase (adi) system, which is strongly induced in rich medium, under anaerobic conditions, and at low pH . [More information is available at EcoCyc: EG11966].
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Sequence:
NC_000913.3 (4337168..4337929, complement)

NC_000913.3Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene DNA-binding transcriptional dual regulator BasR Neighboring gene phosphoethanolamine transferase EptA Neighboring gene arginine:agmatine antiporter Neighboring gene arginine decarboxylase, degradative Neighboring gene DNA-binding transcriptional dual regulator MelR

Genomic Sequence:
NC_000913.3

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Effect of the local anesthetics phenethyl alcohol and procaine on hns mutants of the acid-induced biodegradative arginine (adi) and lysine (cad) decarboxylases of Escherichia coli. Stim-Herndon KP. Curr Microbiol, 1995 May. PMID 7537138
  2. YjdE (AdiC) is the arginine:agmatine antiporter essential for arginine-dependent acid resistance in Escherichia coli. Gong S, et al. J Bacteriol, 2003 Aug. PMID 12867448, Free PMC Article
  3. Molecular characterization of adiY, a regulatory gene which affects expression of the biodegradative acid-induced arginine decarboxylase gene (adiA) of Escherichia coli. Stim-Herndon KP, et al. Microbiology (Reading), 1996 May. PMID 8704970
  4. Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome VI: DNA sequence of the region from 92.8 through 100 minutes. Burland V, et al. Nucleic Acids Res, 1995 Jun 25. PMID 7610040, Free PMC Article
  5. Large-scale identification of protein-protein interaction of Escherichia coli K-12. Arifuzzaman M, et al. Genome Res, 2006 May. PMID 16606699, Free PMC Article

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by EcoCyc

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 PubMed 
enables sequence-specific DNA binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables transcription cis-regulatory region binding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
Process Evidence Code Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in regulation of DNA-templated transcription IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
involved_in regulation of DNA-templated transcription IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Preferred Names
DNA-binding transcriptional activator AdiY

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000913.3 Reference assembly

    Range
    4337168..4337929 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NP_418540.1 DNA-binding transcriptional activator AdiY

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_418540.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A2H4TRT9, A0A8S7XRG4
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    PRK09978
    Location:55 → 243
    PRK09978; DNA-binding transcriptional regulator GadX; Provisional
Nucleotide Protein
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