Dxs

• 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)
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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]

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

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P54523

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.2.1.7

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Christopher T Jurgenson, Tadhg P Begley, Steven E Ealick
The structural and biochemical foundations of thiamin biosynthesis.
Annu Rev Biochem: 2009, 78;569-603
[PubMed:19348578] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Original publications

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)