Dxs

• Description: 1-deoxyxylulose-5-phosphate synthase
  
  

Gene name	dxs
Synonyms	yqiE
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	1-deoxyxylulose-5-phosphate synthase
Function	biosynthesis of thiamine
MW, pI	69 kDa, 6.002
Gene length, protein length	1899 bp, 633 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqxC, yqiD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24270

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Pyruvate + D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate = 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate + CO₂ (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: DXPS subfamily (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: P54523

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.2.1.7

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

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