HxlB

• Description: 6-phospho-3-hexuloisomerase
  
  

Gene name	hxlB
Synonyms	yckF
Essential	no
Product	6-phospho-3-hexuloisomerase
Function	ribulose monophosphate pathway for formaldehyde fixation
MW, pI	19 kDa, 5.791
Gene length, protein length	555 bp, 185 aa
Immediate neighbours	tlpC, hxlA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

resistance against oxidative and electrophile stress

This gene is a member of the following regulons

HxlR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU03450

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: D-arabino-hex-3-ulose 6-phosphate = D-fructose 6-phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: PHI subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1VIV

• UniProt: P42404

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 5.3.1.27

Expression and regulation

• Operon: hxlA-hxlB PubMed

• Expression browser: hxlB PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: induction by formaldehyde (HxlR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: transcription activation by HxlR PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: