RacE

• Description: glutamate racemase
  
  

Gene name	racE
Synonyms	glr
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	glutamate racemase
Function	peptidoglycan precursor biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: racE
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Cell wall
MW, pI	29 kDa, 4.858
Gene length, protein length	816 bp, 272 aa
Immediate neighbours	gerM, ysmB
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components, essential genes

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28390

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: L-glutamate = D-glutamate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: aspartate/glutamate racemases family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• Structure: 1ZUW (with D-glutamate)

• UniProt: P94556

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 5.1.1.3

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: racE PubMed

• Sigma factor:

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

M Ashley Spies, Joseph G Reese, Dylan Dodd, Katherine L Pankow, Steven R Blanke, Jerome Baudry
Determinants of catalytic power and ligand binding in glutamate racemase.
J Am Chem Soc: 2009, 131(14);5274-84
[PubMed:19309142] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Eduard Puig, Edgar Mixcoha, Mireia Garcia-Viloca, Angels González-Lafont, José M Lluch
How the substrate D-glutamate drives the catalytic action of Bacillus subtilis glutamate racemase.
J Am Chem Soc: 2009, 131(10);3509-21
[PubMed:19227983] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Sergey N Ruzheinikov, Makie A Taal, Svetlana E Sedelnikova, Patrick J Baker, David W Rice
Substrate-induced conformational changes in Bacillus subtilis glutamate racemase and their implications for drug discovery.
Structure: 2005, 13(11);1707-13
[PubMed:16271894] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Keitarou Kimura, Lam-Son Phan Tran, Yoshifumi Itoh
Roles and regulation of the glutamate racemase isogenes, racE and yrpC, in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2004, 150(Pt 9);2911-2920
[PubMed:15347750] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)