XylA

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  • Description: xylose isomerase

Gene name xylA
Synonyms
Essential no
Product xylose isomerase
Function utilization of xylan and xylose
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Sugar catabolism
MW, pI 50 kDa, 5.635
Gene length, protein length 1335 bp, 445 aa
Immediate neighbours xylR, xylB
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
XylA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU17600

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: D-xylose = D-xylulose (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: xylose isomerase 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: 1A0D (Geobacillus stearothermophilus)
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA) , carbon catabolite repression (CcpA), induction by xylose (XylR)
  • Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression, CcpA: transcription repression, XylR: transcription repression
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Wolfgang Hillen, Erlangen University, Germany Homepage

Your additional remarks

References