RipX

• Description: site-specific integrase/recombinase
  
  

Gene name	ripX
Synonyms	ykqM
Essential	no
Product	site-specific integrase/recombinase
Function	chromosome partitioning
MW, pI	33 kDa, 10
Gene length, protein length	888 bp, 296 aa
Immediate neighbours	drm, fur
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU23510

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

Categories containing this gene/protein

DNA condensation/ segregation

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: XerD subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): CodV

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:

• UniProt: P46352

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Alexandra E Bloor, Rocky M Cranenburgh
An efficient method of selectable marker gene excision by Xer recombination for gene replacement in bacterial chromosomes.
Appl Environ Microbiol: 2006, 72(4);2520-5
[PubMed:16597952] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S A Sciochetti, P J Piggot, G W Blakely
Identification and characterization of the dif Site from Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(3);1058-68
[PubMed:11208805] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S A Sciochetti, P J Piggot, D J Sherratt, G Blakely
The ripX locus of Bacillus subtilis encodes a site-specific recombinase involved in proper chromosome partitioning.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(19);6053-62
[PubMed:10498718] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)