LytA

• Description: secretion of major autolysin LytC
  
  

Gene name	lytA
Synonyms	lppX
Essential	no
Product	secretion of major autolysin LytC
Function	autolysis
MW, pI	11 kDa, 4.061
Gene length, protein length	306 bp, 102 aa
Immediate neighbours	lytB, lytR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

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

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: Q02112

• KEGG entry: BSU35640

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: lytA-lytB-lytC

• Sigma factor: SigA, SigD

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism: repressed by YvrHb PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Serizawa M, Kodama K, Yamamoto H, Kobayashi K, Ogasawara N, Sekiguchi J. (2005) Functional analysis of the YvrGHb two-component system of Bacillus subtilis: identification of the regulated genes by DNA microarray and northern blot analyses. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 69: 2155-2169. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed