YncD

• Description: alanine racemase
  
  

Gene name	yncD
Synonyms	alrB
Essential	no
Product	alanine racemase
Function	unknown
MW, pI	43 kDa, 9.593
Gene length, protein length	1182 bp, 394 aa
Immediate neighbours	yncC, yncE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU17640

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: L-alanine = D-alanine (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: alanine racemase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): Alr

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P94494

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 5.1.1.1

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Kara J Pierce, Samson P Salifu, Martin Tangney
Gene cloning and characterization of a second alanine racemase from Bacillus subtilis encoded by yncD.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2008, 283(1);69-74
[PubMed:18399999] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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