xlyA
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N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase, required for the formation of membrane vesicles in a sub-population of cells
Locus
BSU_12810
Molecular weight
31.76 kDa
Isoelectric point
5.34
Function
PBSX prophage-mediated lysis
Product
N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase
Essential
no
E.C.
3.5.1.28
Synonyms
xlyA
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG5632 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
1,347,289 1,348,182
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
Hydrolyzes the link between N-acetylmuramoyl residues and L-amino acid residues in certain cell-wall glycopeptides (according to UniProt)
Protein family
N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase 2 family (according to UniProt)
contains a N-acetylglucosamine-polymer-binding LysM domain PubMed
N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase domain (aa 45-140) (according to UniProt)
LysM domain (aa 159-203) (according to UniProt)
Structure
Paralogous protein(s)
extracellular (no signal peptide) PubMed
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Genes
Description
Regulation
expression during spore germination is strongly reduced under conditions of osmotic stress PubMed
Sigma factors
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Biological materials
Mutant
References
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Time of last update: 2025-04-03 18:22:04
Author of last update: Melvin.boenninger