xylR [2017-8-11 16:0:3]

transcriptional repressor of the xylA-xylB and xynP-xynB operons

locus: BSU17590

pI: 5.82

mw: 38.29 kDa

protein length: 350 aa

gene length: 1050 bp

function: regulation of xylan and xylose utilization

product: transcriptional repressor

essential: no

synonyms

Genomic Context

categories

• [category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.2|Carbon metabolism] → [category|SW 2.2.2|Utilization of specific carbon sources] → [category|SW 2.2.2.5|Utilization of xylan/ xylose]
• [category|SW 3|Information processing] → [category|SW 3.4|Regulation of gene expression] → [category|SW 3.4.2|Transcription factors and their control] → [category|SW 3.4.2.5|Transcription factors/ other]

Gene

Coordinates: 1,890,512 → 1,891,564

The protein

Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity

• transcription repression of the ''[gene|24829427B4518FE67038F194B54D4AAFAC64EF19|xylA]-[gene|F417A5B46CC7FC69DC8606A46D1AD5E41FA35B13|xylB]'' and the ''[gene|F92925E2FDCFE6DDA3E87C7B541FE6A6CE5AABB8|xynP]-[gene|19CD9BF216953613CD2E0DFB99D4C6E92AAFAE5D|xynB]'' operons

Protein family

• ROK (nagC/xylR) family (according to Swiss-Prot)

Paralogous protein(s)

• [protein|8E10A8B566BC25CBDDEF1503656A4234FD29ACB8|GlcK]

Effectors of protein activity

• inducer: xylose

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• genes: [gene|AF4395D134485290F4AA307B48494FED39E52CD7|xylR]
  description: [pubmed|22383849]

Biological materials

Mutant

• GP270 (erm), GP1302 (aphA3), available in the [SW|Stülke] lab

Labs working on this gene/protein

• [SW|Wolfgang Hillen], Erlangen University, Germany [http://www.biologie.uni-erlangen.de/mibi/index2.html Homepage]

References

• 7559331,7966270,25777134,7952186,8319885,2544559,1588910