Alr

• Description: alanine racemase
  
  

Gene name	alr
Synonyms	dal
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	alanine racemase
Function	peptidoglycan biosynthesis
MW, pI	43 kDa, 8.431
Gene length, protein length	1167 bp, 389 aa
Immediate neighbours	ydcC, ndoAI
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

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Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: alanine racemase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): YncD

Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• Structure: 1L6G (with N-[5�-phosphopyridoxyl]-D-alanine, Geobacillus stearothermophilus), 1SFT (Geobacillus stearothermophilus)

• Swiss prot entry: P10725

• KEGG entry: BSU04640

• E.C. number: 5.1.1.1

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

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• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

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References

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