XylB

• Description: xylulokinase
  
  

Gene name	xylB
Synonyms	yncA
Essential	no
Product	xylulokinase
Function	utilization of xylan and xylose
MW, pI	55 kDa, 6.459
Gene length, protein length	1497 bp, 499 aa
Immediate neighbours	xylA, yncB
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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• KEGG entry: [3]

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Expression and regulation

• Operon: xylA-xylB

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA) PubMed, carbon catabolite repression (CcpA), induction by xylose (XylR)

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression, XylR: transcription repression

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Biological materials

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Labs working on this gene/protein

Wolfgang Hillen, Erlangen University, Germany Homepage

References

1. Blencke et al. (2003) Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways. Metab Eng. 5: 133-149 PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed