LytG
- Description: similar to N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase
| Gene name | lytG |
| Synonyms | yubE |
| Essential | no |
| Product | unknown |
| Function | cell wall turnover |
| MW, pI | 31 kDa, 8.277 |
| Gene length, protein length | 846 bp, 282 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | yubF, yubD |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU31120
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Hydrolysis of 1,4-beta-linkages between N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid residues in a peptidoglycan (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Protein family: glycosyl hydrolase 73 family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Interactions:
- Localization: secreted (according to Swiss-Prot)
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: O32083
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
Fusinita van den Ent, Mark Leaver, Felipe Bendezu, Jeff Errington, Piet de Boer, Jan Löwe
Dimeric structure of the cell shape protein MreC and its functional implications.
Mol Microbiol: 2006, 62(6);1631-42
[PubMed:17427287]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Gavin J Horsburgh, Abdelmadjid Atrih, Michael P Williamson, Simon J Foster
LytG of Bacillus subtilis is a novel peptidoglycan hydrolase: the major active glucosaminidase.
Biochemistry: 2003, 42(2);257-64
[PubMed:12525152]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
