Dxs

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  • Description: 1-deoxyxylulose-5-phosphate synthase

Gene name dxs
Synonyms yqiE
Essential yes PubMed
Product 1-deoxyxylulose-5-phosphate synthase
Function biosynthesis of thiamine
MW, pI 69 kDa, 6.002
Gene length, protein length 1899 bp, 633 aa
Immediate neighbours yqxC, yqiD
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
Dxs context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU24270

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Pyruvate + D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate = 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate + CO2 (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: DXPS subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Akihiro Sakai, Natsumi Kinoshita, Makoto Kita, Tohoru Katsuragi, Yoshiki Tani
Investigation of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase and transketolase of Bacillus subtilis in relation to vitamin B6 biosynthesis.
J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo): 2003, 49(1);73-5
[PubMed:12882400] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)