MutY

• Description: A/G-specific adenine glycosylase, error prevention oxidized guanine system, releases adenines from 8-oxo-G:A mismatches
  
  

Gene name	mutY
Synonyms	yfhQ
Essential	no
Product	A/G-specific adenine glycosylase
Function	DNA repair
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: mutY
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lipid synthesis
MW, pI	41 kDa, 6.044
Gene length, protein length	1107 bp, 369 aa
Immediate neighbours	yfhP, yfhS
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

DNA repair/ recombination

This gene is a member of the following regulons

YfhP regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU08630

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: releases adenines from 8-oxo-G:A mismatches

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1RRS (complex with DNA, Geobacillus stearothermophilus)

• UniProt: O31584

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: mutY-fabL-sspE PubMed

• Expression browser: mutY PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • SigA PubMed
  • SigG PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expression is constitutive throughout growth PubMed
  • expression is fivefold increased in a mutS-mutL mutant PubMed
  • YfhP may act as a negative transcription regulator of the mutY-fabL-sspE operon during exponential growth PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: