UvrX

• Description: UV-damage repair protein
  
  

Gene name	uvrX
Synonyms	yolE
Essential	no
Product	UV-damage repair protein
Function	DNA repair after UV damage
MW, pI	46 kDa, 9.631
Gene length, protein length	1248 bp, 416 aa
Immediate neighbours	sunI, yolD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

DNA repair/ recombination, SP-beta prophage

This gene is a member of the following regulons

LexA regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU21500

Expression

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: DNA polymerase type-Y family

• Paralogous protein(s): PolY1, UvrX, YozK-YobH

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31990

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yolD-uvrX PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • induced by DNA damage (LexA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • LexA: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Nora Au, Elke Kuester-Schoeck, Veena Mandava, Laura E Bothwell, Susan P Canny, Karen Chachu, Sierra A Colavito, Shakierah N Fuller, Eli S Groban, Laura A Hensley, Theresa C O'Brien, Amish Shah, Jessica T Tierney, Louise L Tomm, Thomas M O'Gara, Alexi I Goranov, Alan D Grossman, Charles M Lovett
Genetic composition of the Bacillus subtilis SOS system.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(22);7655-66
[PubMed:16267290] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)