RacE

• Description: glutamate racemase
  
  

Gene name	racE
Synonyms	glr
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	glutamate racemase
Function	peptidoglycan precursor biosynthesis
MW, pI	29 kDa, 4.858
Gene length, protein length	816 bp, 272 aa
Immediate neighbours	gerM, ysmB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

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Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

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

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Database entries

• Structure: 1ZUW (with D-glutamate)

• Swiss prot entry: P94556

• KEGG entry: BSU28390

• E.C. number: 5.1.1.3

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

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References

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