Xpt

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  • Description: xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase

Gene name xpt
Synonyms
Essential no
Product xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase
Function purine salvage and interconversion
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Purine salvage, Nucleotides (regulation)
MW, pI 20 kDa, 5.835
Gene length, protein length 582 bp, 194 aa
Immediate neighbours pbuX, ypwA
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
Xpt context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU22070

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: XMP + diphosphate = 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate + xanthine (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure: 1Y0B, 2FXV (complex with GMP), 1Y27 (the riboswitch in complex with guanine)
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

  • subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • repressed in the presence of adenine or adenosine (PurR) PubMed
    • induced in the absence of guanine (G-box) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion: pGP430 (in pAC7), available in Stülke lab
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References