RacX

• Description: amino acid racemase, production of D-amino acids
  
  

Gene name	racX
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	amino acid racemase
Function	unknown
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: racX
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: RacX
MW, pI	25 kDa, 5.396
Gene length, protein length	681 bp, 227 aa
Immediate neighbours	yveF, pbpE
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, V, W, X, Y)

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigW regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU34430

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU34430

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: aspartate/glutamate racemases family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactors:

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU34430

• Structure:

• UniProt: P32960

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: pbpE-racX PubMed

• Expression browser: racX PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigW PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed during logrithmic growth (AbrB) PubMed, indirect regulation by AbrB PubMed

• • induced by cell wall stress (SigW) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: