Rex

• Description: transcriptional repressor of anaerobically expressed genes involved in anaerobic respiration and fermentation
  
  

Gene name	rex
Synonyms	ydiH
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional repressor
Function	regulation of fermentation and anaerobic respiration
MW, pI	23 kDa, 6.772
Gene length, protein length	645 bp, 215 aa
Immediate neighbours	ydiG, tatAY
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Genes/ operons controlled by Rex

alsS-alsD, cydA-cydB-cydC-cydD, ldh-lctP, ywcJ PubMed

Extended information on the protein

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• Effectors of protein activity: NADH (indication of low oxygen concentration) releases Rex from DNA PubMed

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• KEGG entry: [2]

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Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

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• lacZ fusion:

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Labs working on this gene/protein

Claes von Wachenfeldt, Lund University, Sweden Homepage

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed