XylB

• Description: xylulose kinase
  
  

Gene name	xylB
Synonyms	yncA
Essential	no
Product	xylulose kinase (EC 2.7.1.17)
Function	xylose and xylan utilization
MW, pI	55 kDa, 6.459
Gene length, protein length	1497 bp, 499 aa
Immediate neighbours
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context

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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Expression and regulation

• Operon: xylA-xylB

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: 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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• lacZ fusion:

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Labs working on this gene/protein

Wolfgang Hillen, Erlangen University, Germany Homepage

References

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