GalT

• Description: galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
  
  

Gene name	galT
Synonyms	ipa-36d
Essential	no
Product	galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
Function	galactose utilization
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: galT
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: galT
MW, pI	58 kDa, 5.623
Gene length, protein length	1539 bp, 513 aa
Immediate neighbours	ywzA, galK
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of specific carbon sources

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CcpA regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU38190

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: UDP-glucose + alpha-D-galactose 1-phosphate = alpha-D-glucose 1-phosphate + UDP-galactose (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase type 2 family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39575

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.7.7.12

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • galK-galT PubMed
  • ywcC-gtaC-galK-galT PubMed

• Expression browser: galT PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed by glucose (CcpA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CcpA: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: