LuxS

• Description: S-ribosylhomocysteine lyase, autoinducer-2 production protein, required for swarming motility and the formation of biofilms
  
  

Gene name	luxS
Synonyms	ytjB
Essential	no
Product	S-ribosylhomocysteine lyase
Function	methionine salvage
MW, pI	17 kDa, 5.168
Gene length, protein length	471 bp, 157 aa
Immediate neighbours	ytkA, ytjA
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Biological materials

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References

1. Hilgers M.T., Ludwig M.L. (2001) Crystal structure of the quorum-sensing protein LuxS reveals a catalytic metal site. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98: 11169-11174 PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed