XynA

• Description: endo-1,4-beta-xylanase
  
  

Gene name	xynA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	endo-1,4-beta-xylanase
Function	xylan degradation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	23 kDa, 9.644
Gene length, protein length	639 bp, 213 aa
Immediate neighbours	pps, yobD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU18840

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of specific carbon sources

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Endohydrolysis of (1->4)-beta-D-xylosidic linkages in xylans (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: extracellular (signal peptide) PubMed

Database entries

• Structure: 2QZ3 (complex with xylotetraose), 2Z79, 3EXU

• UniProt: P18429

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.2.1.8

Expression and regulation

• Operon: xynA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • constitutively expressed PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Massimiliano Marvasi, Pieter T Visscher, Lilliam Casillas Martinez
Exopolymeric substances (EPS) from Bacillus subtilis: polymers and genes encoding their synthesis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2010, 313(1);1-9
[PubMed:20735481] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)