LytC

• Description: N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase
  
  

Gene name	lytC
Synonyms	cwlB
Essential	no
Product	N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase (EC 3.5.1.28)
Function	major autolysin, cell separation, wall turnover lysis, motility and general cell lysis induced by sodium azide
MW, pI	52 kDa, 10.108
Gene length, protein length	1488 bp, 496 aa
Immediate neighbours	tuaA, lytB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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• Localization: secreted (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: lytA-lytB-lytC

• Sigma factor: SigA, SigD

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism: repressed by YvrHb PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

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