RecX

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  • 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
YfhG context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

DNA repair/ recombination

This gene is a member of the following regulons

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU08520

Phenotypes of a mutant

  • reduced natural tranformation with plasmid or chromosomal DNA PubMed
  • drastically reduced survival of mature dormant spores after exposure to ultrahigh vacuum desiccation and ionizing radiation that induce single strand (ss) DNA nicks and double-strand breaks (DSBs) PubMed

Database entries

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

Additional information

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:
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  • Modification:
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  • 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:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
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  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
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Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Ignacija Vlašić, Ramona Mertens, Elena M Seco, Begoña Carrasco, Silvia Ayora, Günther Reitz, Fabian M Commichau, Juan C Alonso, Ralf Moeller
Bacillus subtilis RecA and its accessory factors, RecF, RecO, RecR and RecX, are required for spore resistance to DNA double-strand break.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2014, 42(4);2295-307
[PubMed:24285298] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Paula P Cárdenas, Begoña Carrasco, Clarisse Defeu Soufo, Carolina E César, Katharina Herr, Miriam Kaufenstein, Peter L Graumann, Juan C Alonso
RecX facilitates homologous recombination by modulating RecA activities.
PLoS Genet: 2012, 8(12);e1003126
[PubMed:23284295] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Pierre Nicolas, Ulrike Mäder, Etienne Dervyn, Tatiana Rochat, Aurélie Leduc, Nathalie Pigeonneau, Elena Bidnenko, Elodie Marchadier, Mark Hoebeke, Stéphane Aymerich, Dörte Becher, Paola Bisicchia, Eric Botella, Olivier Delumeau, Geoff Doherty, Emma L Denham, Mark J Fogg, Vincent Fromion, Anne Goelzer, Annette Hansen, Elisabeth Härtig, Colin R Harwood, Georg Homuth, Hanne Jarmer, Matthieu Jules, Edda Klipp, Ludovic Le Chat, François Lecointe, Peter Lewis, Wolfram Liebermeister, Anika March, Ruben A T Mars, Priyanka Nannapaneni, David Noone, Susanne Pohl, Bernd Rinn, Frank Rügheimer, Praveen K Sappa, Franck Samson, Marc Schaffer, Benno Schwikowski, Leif Steil, Jörg Stülke, Thomas Wiegert, Kevin M Devine, Anthony J Wilkinson, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Michael Hecker, Uwe Völker, Philippe Bessières, Philippe Noirot
Condition-dependent transcriptome reveals high-level regulatory architecture in Bacillus subtilis.
Science: 2012, 335(6072);1103-6
[PubMed:22383849] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)