ykfB
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L-Ala-D/L-Glu epimerase
locus
BSU_12980
Molecular weight
39.31 kDa
pI
5.91
function
cell wall metabolism
product
L-Ala-D/L-Glu epimerase
essential
no
ec
null
synonyms
ykfB
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG4948 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
1,366,844 1,367,944
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
L-alanyl-L-glutamate --> L-alanyl-D-glutamate (according to UniProt)
Protein family
[wiki|mandelate racemase/muconate lactonizing enzyme family] (according to UniProt)
Structure
[PDB|1TKK] (complex with substrate), [PDB|1JPM]
[AF|O34508]
Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|9E922F0006DF9E84A8D5B51E9FC35B669872FF90|dppA]-[gene|062AE5FB4C778178A7F6833CB8BD9D631E461E89|dppB]-[gene|EDF8D2C49FA5552B24135E12524F9035E1E01473|dppC]-[gene|7FA72D949B930A3C7FF0391CC6CCC58EEFCA839A|dppD]-[gene|853C570CFB9382449A20BE77B44B4FE44972AA59|dppE]-[gene|C4F85F85F0C99A59145961E34B19D3AD03D2BC22|ykfA]-[gene|77EFC47449D8CC17651ED61C41AC605FCEF01270|ykfB]-[gene|D40ECAE51D9E4791C6FAAA25E2E0D0591D9FAA55|ykfC]-[gene|BB94F5388A0D1FF025E5A88A7E10AE7E4C489E5F|ykfD]
description
[pubmed|22383849]
regulatory mechanism
[protein|90ACE0DECA58D3C1A55E135120F7A0C1C920571C|codY]: repression, [Pubmed|12618455], in [regulon|protein:90ACE0DECA58D3C1A55E135120F7A0C1C920571C|codY regulon]
Biological materials
Mutant
MGNA-A741 (ykfB::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/741 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]
BKE12980 ([gene|77EFC47449D8CC17651ED61C41AC605FCEF01270|ykfB]::erm trpC2) available at [http://bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE12980 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_GCTTGTTTCGATTCGAATGA, downstream forward: _UP4_CTTTTGAAAGGGGAAAAAGA
BKK12980 ([gene|77EFC47449D8CC17651ED61C41AC605FCEF01270|ykfB]::kan trpC2) available at [http://bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK12980 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_GCTTGTTTCGATTCGAATGA, downstream forward: _UP4_CTTTTGAAAGGGGAAAAAGA
References
Reviews
Original Publications
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