LutB

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  • Description: lactate catabolic enzyme

Gene name lutB
Synonyms yvfW
Essential no
Product lactate oxidase
Function lactate utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Central C-metabolism
MW, pI 53 kDa, 5.848
Gene length, protein length 1437 bp, 479 aa
Immediate neighbours lutC, lutA
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YvfW context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU34040

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:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization:

Database entries

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

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • induction by lactate PubMed
    • less expressed under conditions of extreme iron limitation (FsrA) PubMed
  • 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)

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