HxlA

• Description: 3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase
  
  

Gene name	hxlA
Synonyms	yckG
Essential	no
Product	3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase
Function	ribulose monophosphate pathway for formaldehyde fixation
MW, pI	22 kDa, 4.564
Gene length, protein length	630 bp, 210 aa
Immediate neighbours	hxlB, hxlR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU03460

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: D-arabino-hex-3-ulose 6-phosphate = D-ribulose 5-phosphate + formaldehyde (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: HPS 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:

• UniProt: P42405

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 4.1.2.43

Expression and regulation

• Operon: hxlA-hxlB

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: induction by formaldehyde (HxlR)

• Regulatory mechanism: transcription activation by HxlR

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

H Yasueda, Y Kawahara, S Sugimoto
Bacillus subtilis yckG and yckF encode two key enzymes of the ribulose monophosphate pathway used by methylotrophs, and yckH is required for their expression.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(23);7154-60
[PubMed:10572115] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)