RecX

• Description: recombination protein, modulates the SOS response and facilitates RecA-mediated recombinational repair and genetic recombination
  
  

Gene name	recX
Synonyms	yfhG
Essential	no
Product	recombination protein
Function	DNA repair/recombination
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: recX
MW, pI	30 kDa, 6.292
Gene length, protein length	792 bp, 264 aa
Immediate neighbours	yfhF, yfhH
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

DNA repair/ recombination

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU08520

Phenotypes of a mutant

• reduced natural tranformation with plasmid or chromosomal DNA PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • modulates the "length or packing" of a RecA filament, thereby RecX facilitates the initiation of recombination and increases recombination across species PubMed
• Protein family: recX 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:
  • forms foci on the nucleoid upon DNA damage PubMed
  • forms foci at the cells poles and/ or the nucleoid upon induction of genetic competence PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31575

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: recX-yfhH PubMed

• Expression browser: yfhG PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: