XhlA

• Description: involved in cell lysis upon induction of PBSX
  
  

Gene name	xhlA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	host cell lysis
MW, pI	9 kDa, 5.073
Gene length, protein length	267 bp, 89 aa
Immediate neighbours	xepA, xhlB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU12790

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P39798

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

S Krogh, S T Jørgensen, K M Devine
Lysis genes of the Bacillus subtilis defective prophage PBSX.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(8);2110-7
[PubMed:9555893] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

P F Longchamp, C Mauël, D Karamata
Lytic enzymes associated with defective prophages of Bacillus subtilis: sequencing and characterization of the region comprising the N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase gene of prophage PBSX.
Microbiology (Reading): 1994, 140 ( Pt 8);1855-67
[PubMed:7921239] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)