Complete Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli BE104, an MC4100 Derivative Lacking the Methionine Reductive Pathway

Brian P Anton; Richard D Morgan; Benjamin Ezraty; Bruno Manta; Frédéric Barras; Mehmet Berkmen

doi:10.1128/MRA.00721-19

Complete Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli BE104, an MC4100 Derivative Lacking the Methionine Reductive Pathway

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Jul 11;8(28):e00721-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00721-19.

Authors

Brian P Anton¹, Richard D Morgan¹, Benjamin Ezraty², Bruno Manta¹, Frédéric Barras^{2

3}, Mehmet Berkmen⁴

Affiliations

¹ New England BioLabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA.
² Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Marseille, France.
³ SAMe Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
⁴ New England BioLabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA berkmen@neb.com.

Abstract

In this announcement, we present the complete annotated genome sequence of an Escherichia coli MC4100 mutant strain, BE104. This strain has several methionine sulfoxide reductase gene deletions, making it ideal for studying enzymes that alter the redox state of methionine.