lutA
168
lactate catabolic enzyme
Locus
BSU_34050
Molecular weight
26.24 kDa
Isoelectric point
6.25
Function
lactate utilization
Product
lactate oxidase
Essential
no
Synonyms
lutA, yvfV
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG0247 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
3,494,985 → 3,495,701
Phenotypes of a mutant
no growth with lactate as the single carbon source PubMed
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
oxidation of lactate to pyruvate PubMed
Protein family
LutA/YkgE family (single member, according to UniProt)
Structure
5ODC (PDB) (from Methanothermococcus thermoautotrophicus, 24% identity) PubMed
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Description
Regulation
induction by lactate PubMed
Regulatory mechanism
LutR: repression, in lutR regulon
Sigma factors
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Other regulations
Biological materials
Mutant
MGNA-A497 (yvfV::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
LacZ fusion
GP1612 amyE::p(lutA-lacZ cat), constructed with pGP2149 based on pAC5, available in Jörg Stülke's lab
Labs working on this gene/protein
Richard Losick, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, USA homepage
References
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