LutA

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  • Description: lactate catabolic enzyme

Gene name lutA
Synonyms yvfV
Essential no
Product lactate oxidase
Function lactate utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Central C-metabolism
MW, pI 26 kDa, 6.25
Gene length, protein length 714 bp, 238 aa
Immediate neighbours lutB, yvfU
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YvfV context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU34050

Phenotypes of a mutant

no growth with lactate as the single carbon source PubMed

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: oxidation of lactate to pyruvate PubMed
  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
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  • Effectors of protein activity:
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Database entries

  • Structure:
  • Swiss prot entry:
  • KEGG entry: [2]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Sigma factor:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Richard Losick, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, USA homepage

Your additional remarks

References

Yunrong Chai, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
A widely conserved gene cluster required for lactate utilization in Bacillus subtilis and its involvement in biofilm formation.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(8);2423-30
[PubMed:19201793] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Frances Chu, Daniel B Kearns, Steven S Branda, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
Targets of the master regulator of biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2006, 59(4);1216-28
[PubMed:16430695] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)


  1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed