UxaA

Gene name	uxaA
Synonyms	yjmJ
Essential	no
Product	altronate hydrolase
Function	hexuronate utilization
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: uxaA
MW, pI	54 kDa, 5.781
Gene length, protein length	1491 bp, 497 aa
Immediate neighbours	uxaB, yjnA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of specific carbon sources, sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CcpA regulon, ExuR regulon, SigE regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU12390

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: D-altronate = 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-gluconate + H₂O (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: uxaA 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:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34673

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 4.2.1.7

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • uxaC-yjmB-yjmC-yjmD-uxuA-yjmF-exuT-exuR-uxaB-uxaA PubMed
  • yjmC-yjmD-uxuA-yjmF-exuT-exuR-uxaB-uxaA PubMed

• Expression browser: uxaA PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • uxaC: SigA PubMed
  • yjmC: SigE PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by glucose (CcpA) PubMed1 PubMed2
  • induced by galacturonate (ExuR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CcpA: transcription repression PubMed1 PubMed2
  • ExuR: reanscription repression in the absence of inducer PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: