GalM

• Description: aldose-1-epimerase
  
  

Gene name	galM
Synonyms	yoxA
Essential	no
Product	aldose-1-epimerase (mutarotase)
Function	unknown
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: galM
MW, pI	37 kDa, 5.602
Gene length, protein length	975 bp, 325 aa
Immediate neighbours	dacC, yoeA
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of specific carbon sources

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigH regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU18360

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: aldose-1-epimerase (mutarotase) PubMed

• Protein family: peptidase S13 family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • secreted (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 3MWX

• UniProt: P39840

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: galM-dacC PubMed

• Expression browser: galM PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigH PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Colette Duez, Astrid Zervosen, Nathalie Teller, Rémy Melkonian, Emmanuel Banzubazé, Fabrice Bouillenne, André Luxen, Jean-Marie Frère
Characterization of the proteins encoded by the Bacillus subtilis yoxA-dacC operon.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2009, 300(1);42-7
[PubMed:19758330] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

A Petersohn, J Bernhardt, U Gerth, D Höper, T Koburger, U Völker, M Hecker
Identification of sigma(B)-dependent genes in Bacillus subtilis using a promoter consensus-directed search and oligonucleotide hybridization.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(18);5718-24
[PubMed:10482513] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L B Pedersen, T Murray, D L Popham, P Setlow
Characterization of dacC, which encodes a new low-molecular-weight penicillin-binding protein in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(18);4967-73
[PubMed:9733705] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)