GalE

• Description: UDP glucose 4-epimerase
  
  

Gene name	galE
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	UDP glucose 4-epimerase
Function	galactose utilization
MW, pI	36 kDa, 4.776
Gene length, protein length	1017 bp, 339 aa
Immediate neighbours	yxkC, yxkA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P55180

• KEGG entry: [3]

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Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

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• lacZ fusion:

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References

1. Krispin O, Allmansberger R. (1998) The Bacillus subtilis galE gene is essential in the presence of glucose and galactose. J Bacteriol. Apr;180(8): 2265-70. PubMed