GalK

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  • Description: galactokinase

Gene name galK
Synonyms ipa-35d
Essential no
Product galactokinase
Function galactose utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Sugar catabolism
MW, pI 43 kDa, 5.148
Gene length, protein length 1170 bp, 390 aa
Immediate neighbours galT, gtaC
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
GalK context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU38200

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + D-galactose = ADP + alpha-D-galactose 1-phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: GalK subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA)
  • Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression
  • 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