EpsE

• Description: similar to glycosyltransferase
  
  

Gene name	epsE
Synonyms	yveO
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	extracellular polysaccharide synthesis
MW, pI	32 kDa, 9.804
Gene length, protein length	834 bp, 278 aa
Immediate neighbours	epsF, epsD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU34330

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: glycosyltransferase 2 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:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P71054

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: epsA-epsB-epsC-epsD-epsE-epsF-epsG-epsH-epsI-epsJ-epsK-epsL-epsM-epsN-epsO PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by SinR PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: SinR: transcription repression PubMed
  • SinR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information: induction by sequestration of SinR by SinI PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Richard Losick, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, USA homepage

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed