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List of known or already predicted attenuation regulation in E. coli

   ID Gene name Reference Gene description
1 b0002 thrA 1 aspartokinase I
2 b0074 leuA 2 2-isopropylmalate synthase
3 b0170 tsf 3 elongation factor EF-Ts
4 b1264 trpE 1 anthranilate synthase component I
5 b2019 hisG 4 ATP phosphoribosyltransferase
6 b2599 pheA 5 chorismate mutase-P and prephenate dehydratase
7 b3321 rpsJ 6 ribosomal protein S10
8 b3642 pyrE 7 orotate phosphoribosyltransferase
9 b3671 ilvB 8 acetolactate synthase I
10 b3722 bglF 9 PTS beta-glucoside specific enzyme II, cryptic
11 b3723 bglGK 8 positive regulation of bgl operon
12 b3752 rbsK 10 ribokinase
13 b3767 ilvG 8 acetolactate synthase II large subunit
14 b3813 uvrD 11 DNA-dependent ATPase I and helicase II
15 b3987 rpoB 12 RNA polymerase beta subunit
16 b4245 pyrB 13 aspartate carbamoyltransferase catalytic subunit


References.
  1. Keller EB, Calvo JM,
    "Alternative secondary structures of leader RNAs and the regulation of the trpphe, his, thr, and leu operons",
    Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 76:6186-6190 (1979).

  2. Bartkus JM, Tyler B, Calvo JM,
    "Transcription attenuation-mediated control of leu operon expression: influence of the number of Leu control codons",
    J Bacteriol 173:1634-1641 (1991).

  3. An G, Bendiak DS, Mamelak LA, Friesen JD,
    "Organization and nucleotide sequence of a new ribosomal operon in Eshcerichia coli containing the genes for ribosomal protein S2 and elongation factor Ts",
    Nucleic Acids Res 9:4163-4172 (1981).

  4. Ames BN, Tsang TH, Buck M, Christman MF,
    "The leader mRNA of the histidine attenuator region resembles tRNA(His): possible general regulatory implications",
    Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 80:5240-5242 (1983).

  5. Gavini N, Pulakat L,
    "Role of translation of the pheA leader peptide coding region in attenuation regulation of the Escherichia coli pheA gene",
    J Bacteriol 173:4904-4907 (1991).

  6. Lindahl L, Archer R, Zengel JM,
    "Transcription of the S10 ribosomal protein operon is regulated by an attenuator in the leader",
    Cell 33:241-248 (1983).

  7. Andersen JT, Poulsen P, Jensen KF,
    "Attenuation in the rph-pyrE operon of Escherichia coli and processing of the dicistronic mRNA",
    Eur J Biochem 206:381-390 (1992).

  8. Hauser CA, Sharp JA, Hatfield LK, Hatfield GW,
    "Pausing of RNA polymerase during in vitro transcription through the ilvB and ilvGEDA attenuator regions of Escherichia coli K12",
    J Biol Chem 260:1765-1770 (1985).

  9. Aymerich S, Steinmetz M,
    "Specificity determinants and structural features in the RNA target of the bacterial antiterminator proteins of the BglG/SacY family",
    Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 89:10410-10414 (1992).

  10. Hope JN, Bell AW, Hermodson MA, Groarke JM,
    "Ribokinase from Escherichia coli K12. Nucleotide sequence and overexpression of the rbsK gene and purification of ribokinase",
    J Biol Chem 261:7663-7668 (1986).

  11. Easton AM, Kushner SR,
    "Transcription of the uvrD gene of Escherichia coli is controlled by the lexA repressor and by attenuation",
    Nucleic Acids Res 11:8625-8640 (1983).

  12. Barry G, Squires CL, Squires C,
    "Control features within the rplJL-rpoBC transcription unit of Escherichia coli",
    Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 76:4922-4926 (1979).

  13. Donahue JP, Turnbough CL Jr.,
    "Nucleotide-specific transcriptional pausing in the pyrBI leader region of Escherichia coli K-12",
    J Biol Chem 269:18185-18191 (1994).



References (reviews).