LytE
- Description: cell wall hydrolase (major autolysin),endopeptidase-type autolysin
Gene name | lytE |
Synonyms | papQ, cwlF |
Essential | no |
Product | cell wall hydrolase (major autolysin),endopeptidase-type autolysin |
Function | major autolysin, cell separation, cell lysis |
MW, pI | 37 kDa, 10.713 |
Gene length, protein length | 1029 bp, 343 aa |
Immediate neighbours | phoA, citR |
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
cell wall degradation/ turnover
This gene is a member of the following regulons
SigH regulon, Spo0A regulon, WalR regulon
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU09420
Phenotypes of a mutant
a cwlO lytE mutant is not viable PubMed
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- Protein family: nlpC/p60 family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Localization: secreted (according to Swiss-Prot), binds the cell wall PubMed
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: P54421
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon: lytE PubMed
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References