RacE

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  • Description: glutamate racemase

Gene name racE
Synonyms glr
Essential yes PubMed
Product glutamate racemase
Function peptidoglycan precursor biosynthesis
MW, pI 29 kDa, 4.858
Gene length, protein length 816 bp, 272 aa
Immediate neighbours gerM, ysmB
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
RacE context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU28390

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

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

Additional information

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

  • Kinetic information:
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Database entries

  • Structure: 1ZUW (with D-glutamate)
  • KEGG entry: [2]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

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)

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