GalT

• Description: galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
  
  

Gene name	galT
Synonyms	ipa-36d
Essential	no
Product	galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
Function	galactose utilization
MW, pI	58 kDa, 5.623
Gene length, protein length	1539 bp, 513 aa
Immediate neighbours	ywzA, galK
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: 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:

• Swiss prot entry: P39575

• KEGG entry: BSU38190

• E.C. number: 2.7.7.12

Expression and regulation

• Operon: galK-galT

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA)

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed